Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00459:clause:1_362
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00459
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 362
Character Range: 195335–196595

362  Subsection 189(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 (1) In deciding whether to make an amendment covered by paragraph 184(1)(aa), (b) or (d), the Minister must, in accordance with the regulations (if any), obtain and consider advice from the Scientific Committee on the proposed amendment.

 (1A) Subsection (1) has effect subject to section 192.

 (1B) If advice from the Scientific Committee for the purposes of subsection (1) is to the effect that a particular native species, or a particular ecological community, is eligible to be included in the relevant list in a particular category, the advice must also contain:
 (a) a statement that sets out:
 (i) the grounds on which the species or community is eligible to be included in the category; and
 (ii) the main factors that are the cause of it being so eligible; and
 (b) either:
 (i) information about what could appropriately be done to stop the decline of, or support the recovery of, the species or community; or
 (ii) a statement to the effect that there is nothing that could appropriately be done to stop the decline of, or support the recovery of, the species or community; and
 (c) a recommendation on the question whether there should be a recovery plan for the species or community.