16ANominations for listing

16A Nominations for listing (1) A person may make a nomination to the Committee to be considered under this Division— (a) that a taxon of flora or fauna is eligible to be specified in the Threatened List and may, in the nomination, specify an extinction risk and category of threat for the taxon; or (b) that a community of flora or fauna is eligible to be specified in the Threatened List; or (c) that a potentially threatening process is eligible to be specified in the Processes List. (2) A person may make a nomination to the Committee to be considered under this Division— (a) that a taxon of flora or fauna that is specified in the Threatened List is no longer eligible to be specified in the Threatened List; or (b) that a community of flora or fauna that is specified in the Threatened List is no longer eligible to be specified in the Threatened List; or (c) that a potentially threatening process that is specified in the Processes List is no longer eligible to be specified in the Processes List. (3) A person may make a nomination to the Committee that a recategorisation amendment be made to the Threatened List in relation to a taxon of flora or fauna specified in that list. (4) A nomination must— (a) include any prescribed information; and (b) be in writing addressed to the Secretary to the Committee unless the nomination is made by the Committee on its own motion. S. 16B inserted by No. 28/2019 s. 11.