ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 295 Variation by a State or Territory of joint plans and plans
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 295
Variation by a State or Territory of joint plans and plans- (1)
- If a State or self-governing Territory varies a plan that:
- (a)
- the Minister has made jointly with the State or self-governing Territory, or an agency of the State or Territory; or
- (b)
- has been adopted by the Minister as a wildlife conservation plan;
- the variation is of no effect for the purposes of this Act unless it is
approved by the Minister.
- (2)
- Before approving a variation, the Minister must obtain and consider advice from the Scientific Committee on the content of the variation.
- (3)
- The Minister must not approve a variation under subsection (1) unless satisfied:
- (a)
- an appropriate level of consultation was undertaken in varying the plan; and
- (b)
- the plan, as so varied, continues to meet the requirements of section 287.
- (4)
- If the Minister approves a variation of a plan, the plan has effect as so varied on and after the date of the approval, or such later date as the Minister determines in writing.
- (5)
- Section 293 applies to the variation of a plan in the same way that it applies to the making of a wildlife conservation plan.