Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2018

For the purposes of section 57(2) of the Act, the register must be a record management system (whether in written form, electronic form, or a combination of both) kept at the Department’s principal office.

The register must include the following information in relation to each critical habitat listed under section 54 of the Act —

the mapped location of the habitat (including the boundaries of the habitat);

the biodiversity conservation values associated with the habitat.

For the purposes of section 57(3) of the Act, the CEO must ensure that the register is available for public inspection during normal office hours at the Department’s principal office.

The CEO may, in connection with subregulation (3), keep any information on the register confidential to such extent as the CEO considers reasonably necessary in order to protect a critical habitat from habitat damage (as defined in section 58 of the Act).

The CEO must publish a summary of the register on the Department’s website (in such form as the CEO determines appropriate) which sets out or includes —

a description of the general location of each critical habitat; and

the biodiversity habitat values associated with each critical habitat.