Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016

The Scientific Committee may make and publish a final determination under this Division to amend the list of species or ecological communities without following the procedure set out in this Division if, in the opinion of the Scientific Committee, the amendment is necessary or desirable for any of the following purposes—

to reflect any change in the name of a listed species or a reclassification of a listed species into further species as a result of taxonomic revision,

to correct any minor error or omission,

to clarify a description of an ecological community (including to reflect new surveys or research information).

Any such determination is not to alter the listing status of a particular species or ecological community or the particular area of an ecological community.

In this section, a reference to the amendment of a list of species or ecological communities includes a reference to the amendment of a determination referred to in the listing.