ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 37 Advisory Committee to advise on scheduling of plans

ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 37

37.(1) The Advisory Committee is to advise the Minister on the times within
which, and the order in which, draft plans should be prepared.

(2) In giving advice on preparation of a draft recovery plan, the Advisory
Committee must take into account the following matters:

   (a)  the degree of threat to the survival in nature of the species or
        ecological community in question;

   (b)  the potential for the species or community to recover;

   (c)  the genetic distinctiveness of the species or community;

   (d)  the importance of the species or community to the ecosystem;

   (e)  the value to humanity of the species or community;

   (f)  the efficient and effective use of the resources allocated to the
        conservation of species and ecological communities.

(3) In giving advice on preparation of a draft threat abatement plan, the
Advisory Committee must take into account the following matters:

   (a)  the degree of threat that the key threatening process in question
        poses to the survival in nature of species and ecological communities;

   (b)  the potential of species and ecological communities so threatened to
        recover;

   (c)  the efficient and effective use of the resources allocated to the
        conservation of species and ecological communities.