Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598:section:18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 18
Character Range: 76093–78755

18  Actions with significant impact on listed threatened species or endangered community prohibited without approval

Species that are extinct in the wild
 (1) A person must not take an action that:
 (a) has or will have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the extinct in the wild category; or
 (b) is likely to have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the extinct in the wild category.
Civil penalty:
 (a) for an individual—5,000 penalty units;
 (b) for a body corporate—50,000 penalty units.

Critically endangered species
 (2) A person must not take an action that:
 (a) has or will have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the critically endangered category; or
 (b) is likely to have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the critically endangered category.
Civil penalty:
 (a) for an individual—5,000 penalty units;
 (b) for a body corporate—50,000 penalty units.

Endangered species
 (3) A person must not take an action that:
 (a) has or will have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the endangered category; or
 (b) is likely to have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the endangered category.
Civil penalty:
 (a) for an individual—5,000 penalty units;
 (b) for a body corporate—50,000 penalty units.

Vulnerable species
 (4) A person must not take an action that:
 (a) has or will have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the vulnerable category; or
 (b) is likely to have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the vulnerable category.
Civil penalty:
 (a) for an individual—5,000 penalty units;
 (b) for a body corporate—50,000 penalty units.

Critically endangered communities
 (5) A person must not take an action that:
 (a) has or will have a significant impact on a listed threatened ecological community included in the critically endangered category; or
 (b) is likely to have a significant impact on a listed threatened ecological community included in the critically endangered category.
Civil penalty:
 (a) for an individual—5,000 penalty units;
 (b) for a body corporate—50,000 penalty units.

Endangered communities
 (6) A person must not take an action that:
 (a) has or will have a significant impact on a listed threatened ecological community included in the endangered category; or
 (b) is likely to have a significant impact on a listed threatened ecological community included in the endangered category.
Civil penalty:
 (a) for an individual—5,000 penalty units;
 (b) for a body corporate—50,000 penalty units.