Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016

The Minister may issue guidelines establishing criteria for, and setting out other matters relevant to, the following —

the listing of specially protected species under Part 2 Division 1 Subdivision 1;

the listing of threatened species under Part 2 Division 1 Subdivision 2;

the listing of extinct species under Part 2 Division 1 Subdivision 3;

the listing of threatened ecological communities under Part 2 Division 2;

the listing of key threatening processes under Part 2 Division 3;

the listing of critical habitats under Part 4 Division 1.

Without limiting subsection (1), guidelines issued under this section may provide for and in relation to —

the making of nominations under section 38(1) relating to threatened species or threatened ecological communities; and

the process for dealing with those nominations.