New South Wales Consolidated Acts

THREATENED SPECIES CONSERVATION ACT 1995 - SECT 36A

36A Minor amendments to Schedules

(1) The Scientific Committee may determine to amend the description of any species, population, ecological community or threatening process in Schedule 1, 1A, 2 or 3, or to omit the description of any species or population from, or insert a description of any species or population into, Schedule 1, 1A, 2 or 3, without following the procedure set out in Division 3 or 4, if, in the opinion of the Scientific Committee, the amendment, omission or insertion is necessary or desirable for any of the following purposes:

(a) to reflect any change in the name of a species described in Schedule 1, 1A, 2 or 3, or a reclassification of any such species into further species, as a result of taxonomic revision,

(b) to correct any minor error or omission,

(c) to clarify a description of an ecological community (including to reflect new surveys or research information).

(2) A determination under this Division must not alter the listing status of a particular species or ecological community by:

(a) moving the description of the species or ecological community from one Schedule to the Act to another Schedule, or

(b) moving the description of a species from Part 1 of Schedule 1 or 1A to Part 4 of Schedule 1 (or vice versa).

(3) A determination under this Division must not alter the particular area of any ecological community.

(4) The procedures for inserting matters in Schedule 1, 1A, 2 or 3 set out in Divisions 3 and 4 do not apply to a determination made under this Division.