220J   Consideration of nomination by Fisheries Scientific Committee

(1)  The Fisheries Scientific Committee is to determine priorities for its consideration of nominations every 12 months and in determining those priorities is to have regard to:

(a)  the degree of threat, immediacy of threat, taxonomic distinctiveness and such other matters as the Fisheries Scientific Committee considers relevant, and

(b)  any advice or recommendations of the Minister or the NRC concerning those priorities.

(1A)  The NRC and the Minister may give advice or make recommendations to the Fisheries Scientific Committee concerning priorities for the consideration of nominations by the Fisheries Scientific Committee, and in giving that advice or making those recommendations the NRC and the Minister may consider State-wide issues of concern in biodiversity conservation.

(2)  The Fisheries Scientific Committee may consider different nominations about the same subject together, and may consider different matters in the same nomination separately.

(3)  The Fisheries Scientific Committee may reject a nomination if:

(a)  the Committee determines not to make the amendment nominated having regard to the eligibility requirements of this Part for listing, or

(b)  the subject of the nomination has already been dealt with, or

(c)  the nomination is vexatious, or

(d)  the nomination is not accompanied by the information prescribed by the regulations, or

(e)  any additional information requested by the Committee is not provided within the period specified for its provision or any such additional information provided is inadequate.

(4)  If the Fisheries Scientific Committee rejects a nomination, it is to notify the Minister, the NRC and the person who made the nomination and is to give reasons for the rejection.

Note. Section 220O enables the Committee to recommend other measures to protect the fish or marine vegetation even if it rejects a nomination.