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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
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176 Bioregional plans
(1) The Minister may prepare a bioregional plan for a bioregion that is within a Commonwealth area. In preparing the plan, the Minister must carry out public consultation on a draft of the plan in accordance with the regulations.
(2) The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, co‑operate with a State or a self‑governing Territory, an agency of a State or of a self‑governing Territory, or any other person in the preparation of a bioregional plan for a bioregion that is not wholly within a Commonwealth area.
(3) The co‑operation may include giving financial or other assistance.
(4) A bioregional plan may include provisions about all or any of the following:
(a) the components of biodiversity, their distribution and conservation status;
(b) important economic and social values;
(ba) heritage values of places;
(c) objectives relating to biodiversity and other values;
(d) priorities, strategies and actions to achieve the objectives;
(e) mechanisms for community involvement in implementing the plan;
(f) measures for monitoring and reviewing the plan.
(4A) A bioregional plan prepared under subsection (1) or (2) is not a legislative instrument.
(5) Subject to this Act, the Minister must have regard to a bioregional plan in making any decision under this Act to which the plan is relevant.