Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00253:clause:5_4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00253
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 4
Character Range: 150837–151627

4  Dealing with unidentified species
 (1) If a step in the assessment process below requires the species of a plant to be identified and recorded, but the plant cannot be identified to the species level, the assessor must:
 (a) record the reasons why identification to the species level was not possible; and
 (b) identify the plant to the genus level; and
 (c) record the observable plant characteristic or, if a categorisation has been developed, the category of the plant.
 (2) If it appears that the unidentifiable plants can be categorised into possible species based on observable plant characteristics and life form, the assessor must:
 (a) make the categorisation; and
 (b) record the reasons for, and the basis of, the categorisation.

The assessment process for an activity area