Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

The Minister may, at any time, review a wildlife conservation plan that has been made or adopted under section 285 and consider whether a variation of it is necessary.

Each plan must be reviewed by the Minister at intervals of not longer than 5 years.

If the Minister considers that a variation of a plan is necessary, the Minister may, subject to subsections (4), (5), (6) and (7) vary the plan.

The Minister must not vary a plan, unless the plan, as so varied, continues to meet the requirements of section 287.

Before varying a plan, the Minister must obtain and consider advice from the Scientific Committee on the content of the variation.

If the Minister has made a plan jointly with, or adopted a plan that has been made by, a State or self‑governing Territory, or an agency of a State or self‑governing Territory, the Minister must seek the co‑operation of that State or Territory, or that agency, with a view to varying the plan.

Sections 290, 291 and 293 apply to the variation of a plan in the same way that those sections apply to the making of a wildlife conservation plan.