ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999

Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Bioregional plans

(1): The Minister may prepare a bioregional plan for a bioregion that is within a Commonwealth area. In preparing the plan, the Minister must carry out public consultation on a draft of the plan in accordance with the regulations.
(2): The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, co-operate with a State or a self-governing Territory, an agency of a State or of a self-governing Territory, or any other person in the preparation of a bioregional plan for a bioregion that is not wholly within a Commonwealth area.
(3): The co-operation may include giving financial or other assistance.
(4): A bioregional plan may include provisions about all or any of the following:

(a): the components of biodiversity, their distribution and conservation status;
(b): important economic and social values;
(c): objectives relating to biodiversity and other values;
(d): priorities, strategies and actions to achieve the objectives;
(e): mechanisms for community involvement in implementing the plan;
(f): measures for monitoring and reviewing the plan.

(5): Subject to this Act, the Minister must have regard to a bioregional plan in making any decision under this Act to which the plan is relevant.

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