28   Eligibility for provisional listing

A species is eligible to be provisionally listed in Schedule 1 or 1A as an endangered or critically endangered species if, in the opinion of the Scientific Committee:

(a)  the species:

(i)  although not previously known to have existed in New South Wales, is believed on current knowledge to be indigenous to New South Wales, or

(ii)  was presumed to be extinct in New South Wales but has been rediscovered, and

(b)  the species is not listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 or 1A.