ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 165 Inventories of listed native species etc.

ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 165

165. (1) This section applies to Commonwealth areas that are areas of land.

(2) The Director must:

   (a)  prepare; or

   (b)  cause to be prepared in accordance with procedures approved by the
        Director; inventories that identify, and state the abundance of, the
        listed native species and listed ecological communities present in
        Commonwealth areas.

(3) Each inventory is to cover such Commonwealth areas as the Director
determines.

(4) A Commonwealth area must be covered by an inventory:

   (a)  within 10 years after the commencement of this Act; or

   (b)  within 10 years after the area became a Commonwealth area; whichever
        is the later.

(5) The Director may, at any time:

   (a)  vary an inventory; or

   (b)  cause an inventory to be varied in accordance with procedures approved
        by the Director.

(6) The Director must cause a copy of an inventory, or a variation of an
inventory, to be given to any Commonwealth agency that owns, occupies or has
any other interest in a Commonwealth area covered by the inventory.

(7) A Commonwealth agency that owns, occupies or has any other interest in a
Commonwealth area is to provide all reasonable assistance in connection with
the preparation under this section of an inventory that is to cover the area.