177Obligations under this Act unaffected by lack of bioregional plans

177  Obligations under this Act unaffected by lack of bioregional plans   Obligations imposed by this Act are not affected, in their application in relation to Commonwealth areas, by a lack of bioregional plans for those areas. Part 13—Species and communities Division 1—Listed threatened species and ecological communities 178  Listing of threatened species  (1) The Minister must, by legislative instrument, establish a list of threatened species divided into the following categories:  (a) extinct;  (b) extinct in the wild;  (c) critically endangered;  (d) endangered;  (e) vulnerable;  (f) conservation dependent.  (2) The list, as first established, must contain only the species contained in Schedule 1 to the Endangered Species Protection Act 1992, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act.  (3) The Minister must include:  (a) in the extinct category of the list, as first established, only the species mentioned in subsection (2) that were listed as presumed extinct; and  (b) in the endangered category of the list, as first established, only the native species mentioned in subsection (2) that were listed as endangered; and  (c) in the vulnerable category of the list, as first established, only the species mentioned in subsection (2) that were listed as vulnerable.  (4) If the Minister is satisfied that a species included in the list, as first established, in:  (a) the extinct category; or  (b) the endangered category; or  (c) the vulnerable category; is not eligible to be included in that or any other category, or is eligible to be, or under subsection 186(3), (4) or (5) can be, included in another category, the Minister must, within 6 months after the commencement of this Act, amend the list accordingly in accordance with this Subdivision.