27(1)Without delay after a protection assessment is completed, the Minister shall decide whether to recommend to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council that a survival habitat designation or a recovery habitat designation be made in respect of the listed wildlife species.

27(2)If the Minister decides not to recommend that a survival habitat designation or recovery habitat designation be made, the Minister shall provide reasons for the decision and publish them in the public registry without delay.

27(3)The Minister shall not make a recommendation for a recovery habitat designation on private lands unless the Minister is satisfied, based on information available to the Minister at the time, that the habitat on Crown Lands of a wildlife species listed as an extirpated species, an endangered species or a threatened species is not sufficient to meet the needs of the species.