220ZISecretary to prepare recovery plans for threatened species, populations and ecological communities

#### 220ZI Secretary to prepare recovery plans for threatened species, populations and ecological communities 220ZI Secretary to prepare recovery plans for threatened species, populations and ecological communities > > (1) The Secretary may prepare a recovery plan— > > > > > (a) for each endangered or critically endangered species (other than a species presumed extinct), and > > > > > (b) for each endangered population, and > > > > > (b1) for each endangered or critically endangered ecological community, and > > > > > (c) for each vulnerable species, > > > > to promote the recovery of the species, population or ecological community to a position of viability in nature. > > > (2) A recovery plan may contain provisions relevant to more than one species, population or ecological community and may be made for part of a range of a species, population or ecological community, and more than one recovery plan may be prepared for a species, population or ecological community. > > **s 220ZI:** Ins 1997 No 153, Sch 1 \[9\]. Am 2004 No 88, Sch 2 \[31\]–\[34\]; 2015 No 59, Sch 1 \[109\].