Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 24

24.(1) Subject to section 26, the Minister must not add an item to, or delete
an item from, a list without having considered advice from the
Scientific Subcommittee on the addition or deletion of the item.

(2) The Minister must:

   (a)  decide whether to add an item to, or delete an item from, a list; and

   (b)  if the Minister decides to add or delete the item-cause the necessary
        instrument to be published in the Gazette; within 30 days after
        receiving the Scientific Subcommittee's advice on the addition or
        deletion of the item.

(3) A member of the Scientific Subcommittee has a duty not to disclose to any
other person the advice, or any information relating to the advice, before the
end of that period of 30 days unless the disclosure:

   (a)  is for the official purposes of the Scientific Subcommittee; or

   (b)  if an instrument is published in the Gazette relating to an addition
        or deletion to which the advice relates-occurred after the
        publication.