Protected Species Order 2012 (BR 7/2012).

This Order of the Minister responsible for the Environment lists in the Schedule species of plants and animals that are classified as critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable in accordance with the criteria set out in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) and are declared to be protected species. It also provides that the species of plants and animals set out in the Schedule to this Order are classified as level 1, level 2 or level 3 in accordance with the criteria set out in section 5A and the Schedule of the Protected Species Act 2003. Section 5A was inserted into the principal Act by the Protected Species Amendment Act 2011.