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Rediscovered species

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Part 2Listing of native species, ecological communities and threatening processes
Division 1Native species
Subdivision 3Extinct species

26 Rediscovered species

(1)

This section applies to a native species if —

(a)

it is listed in the category of extinct species and is discovered to be extant; or

(b)

it is listed in the category of extinct in the wild species and is discovered to be extant in the wild.

(2)

A native species to which this section applies is to be regarded as a threatened species for the purposes of this Act until —

(a)

it is listed as a threatened species or a specially protected species; or

(b)

the Minister declares, by instrument published in the Gazette, that it is not to be so listed.

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