91A   Interim protection of areas having significant values

The Director-General may recommend to the Minister the making of an interim protection order in respect of an area of land:

(a)  which has, in the Director-General’s opinion, natural, scientific or cultural significance, or

(b)  on which the Director-General intends to exercise any of the Director-General’s powers, authorities, duties or functions under this Act or the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 relating to fauna, native plants, threatened species, populations or ecological communities or critical habitat of endangered species, populations or ecological communities, or

(c)  that is critical habitat or the habitat of a threatened species, population or ecological community.