84Nominations—public consultation

84 Nominations—public consultation (1) The scientific committee must prepare a notice about a nomination (a public consultation notice) if the nominated item— (a) is a native species nominated to be included in, transferred within or omitted from a national category in the threatened native species list; or (b) is an ecological community nominated to be included in, transferred within or omitted from the threatened ecological community list. (2) In any other case, the scientific committee may prepare a public consultation notice about a nomination. (3) A public consultation notice— (a) must state that— (i) anyone may give a written submission to the scientific committee about the nomination; and (ii) submissions may be given to the scientific committee only during the period starting on the day the public consultation notice is notified under the Legislation Act and ending on a stated day, being a day at least 6 weeks after the day it is notified (the public consultation period); and (b) must include the nomination; and (c) may invite people to comment on other matters that the scientific committee considers relevant. Note The public consultation notice need not contain the precise location of the species (see s 363). (4) A public consultation notice is a notifiable instrument.

(5) If the scientific committee notifies a public consultation notice for a nomination— (a) anyone may give a written submission to the scientific committee about the nomination; and (b) the submission may be given to the scientific committee only during the public consultation period for the nomination; and (6) The scientific committee may make arrangements for people with particular communication needs to ensure they have adequate opportunity to comment on the nomination.