Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 (Qld)

Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2002 No. 267 Nature Conservation Act 1992 NATURE CONSERVATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT AND REPEAL REGULATION (No. 1) 2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF NATURE CONSERVATION (FOREST RESERVES) REGULATION 2000 2 Regulation amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Amendment of sch (Forest reserves). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF NATURE CONSERVATION (PROTECTED AREAS) REGULATION 1994 4 Regulation amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Replacement of ss 8 and 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Declared management intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Amendment of sch 5 (Nature refuges) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PART 74—ABERDEEN NATURE REFUGE 220 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 221 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 222 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 PART 75—BLOODWOOD CREEK NATURE REFUGE 223 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 224 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 No. 267, 2002 225 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 76—GAIA NATURE REFUGE 226 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 77—GLEN IDLE NATURE REFUGE 229 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 78—GOANNA SPRING NATURE REFUGE 232 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 79—HANGING ROCK CREEK NATURE REFUGE 235 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 80—JANBAL NATURE REFUGE 238 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 81—MOUNT HALLEN NATURE REFUGE 241 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 82—PADAMINKA NATURE REFUGE 244 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 83—RELIANCE CREEK NATURE REFUGE 247 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12

3 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 No. 267, 2002 249 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 PART 84—TAYLOR’S HILL NATURE REFUGE 250 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 251 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 252 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 PART 85—THE GULLIES NATURE REFUGE 253 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 254 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 255 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 PART 86—THERESA HUT NATURE REFUGE 256 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 257 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 258 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 PART 87—VON KEYSERLINGK WOODLANDS NATURE REFUGE 259 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 260 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 261 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7 Amendment of sch 6 (Koala bushland coordinated conservation area) . . . . 16 PART 4—REPEAL PROVISION 8 Repeal of notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

s1 4 s5 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 . PART 2—AMENDMENT OF NATURE CONSERVATION (FOREST RESERVES) REGULATION 2000 2 Regulation amended in pt 2 This part amends the NatureConservation(ForestReserves)Regulation 2000. 3 Amendment of sch (Forest reserves) Schedule, heading, ‘sections 2 and 3’— omit, insert — ‘section 2’. PART 3—AMENDMENT OF NATURE CONSERVATION (PROTECTED AREAS) REGULATION 1994 4 Regulation amended in pt 3 This part amends the Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Regulation 1994. 5 Replacement of ss 8 and 9 Sections 8 and 9—

s6 5 s6 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 omit, insert — ‘8 Declared management intent ‘For each nature refuge— (a) the signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values of the nature refuge are stated in the part of schedule 5 for the refuge; and (b) the proposed management intent for, and proposed use of, the refuge are stated in the conservation agreement for the refuge. ‘9 Duration The duration of the declaration of a nature refuge is the duration of the conservation agreement for the refuge.’. 6 Amendment of sch 5 (Nature refuges) (1) Schedule 5, heading, ‘sections 7, 8 and 9’— omit, insert — ‘sections 7 and 8(1)’. (2) Schedule 5, sections 2, 7, 12, 17(1)(b), (d) and (e), 22, 27, 42, 52, 57, 77, 82, 87, 92, 97, 107, 112, 117, 122, 127, 132, 137, 142, 147, 152, 157, 162, 167, 177, 182, 187, 192, 197, 202, 212, 222, 227, 232, 237, 242, 247, 252, 257, 262, 267, 272, 277, 282, 287, 292, 297, 302, 307 and 312, ‘hachured’— omit. (3) Schedule 5, sections 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 19, 20, 24, 25, 29, 30, 34, 35, 39, 40, 44, 45, 49, 50, 54, 55, 59, 60, 64, 65, 69, 70, 74, 75, 79, 80, 84, 85, 89, 90, 94, 95, 99, 100, 104, 105, 109, 110, 114, 115, 119, 120, 124, 125, 129, 130, 134, 135, 139, 140, 144, 145, 149, 150, 154, 155, 159, 160, 164, 165, 169, 170, 174, 175, 179, 180, 184, 185, 189, 190, 194, 195, 199, 200, 204, 205, 209, 210, 214, 215, 219, 220, 224, 225, 229, 230, 234, 235, 239, 240, 244, 245, 249, 250, 254, 255, 259, 260, 264, 265, 269, 270, 274, 275, 279, 280, 284, 285, 289, 290, 294, 295, 299, 300, 304, 305, 309, 310, 314, 315, 319, 320, 324, 325, 329, 330, 334, 335, 339, 340, 344, 345, 349, 350, 354, 355, 359, 360, 364, 365— omit.

s6 6 s6 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 (4) Schedule 5, section 207, after ‘8.989 ha’— insert— ‘, shown on plan PA71’. (5) Schedule 5, sections 6 to 363— renumber as sections 4 to 219. (6) Schedule 5— insert — ‘PART 74—ABERDEEN NATURE REFUGE ‘220 Name ‘Aberdeen Nature Refuge. ‘221 Description ‘The part of lot 4192 on plan PH1188 situated in the County of Herbert, containing an area of about 1151 ha, shown on plan PA86. ‘222 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports— (a) a wildlife corridor between the 2 sections of Mount Aberdeen National Park; and (b) catchment protection of the upper reaches of the Elliot River; and (c) a contiguous habitat for recently discovered rare and threatened upland mossy forest species and lowland eucalypt forest species. ‘PART 75—BLOODWOOD CREEK NATURE REFUGE ‘223 Name ‘Bloodwood Creek Nature Refuge.

s6 7 s6 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 ‘224 Description ‘The parts of lots 18 and 19 on RP200411 and lot 20 on RP200410 situated in the County of Stanley, containing an area of about 39.3 ha, shown on plan PA89. ‘225 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports— (a) habitat for the following rare plant species— (i) Kunzea ﬂavescens ; (ii) Leptospermum oreophilum ; and (b) a diversity of vegetation communities, including open forest with heath understorey and closed forests in the moist gullies; and (c) a diverse bushland in contrast to the intensively used and fragmented surrounding landscape. ‘PART 76—GAIA NATURE REFUGE ‘226 Name ‘Gaia Nature Refuge. ‘227 Description ‘Lot 11 on plan S312691 and part of lot 53 on plan S313002 situated in the County of Stanley, containing an area of about 507.8 ha, shown on plan PA80. ‘228 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports— (a) ﬁve regional ecosystem types including araucarian microphyll rainforest identiﬁed as of concern in ‘The Conservation Status of Queensland’s Bioregional Ecosystems’; and

s6 8 s6 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 (b) a diversity of habitat types including habitat for several rare and threatened ﬂora and fauna species; and (c) catchment protection for the upper reaches of Reedy Creek which ﬂows into Wivenhoe Dam. ‘PART 77—GLEN IDLE NATURE REFUGE ‘229 Name ‘Glen Idle Nature Refuge. ‘230 Description ‘The part of lot 14 on plan NR6649 situated in the County of Nares, containing an area of about 63.7 ha, shown on plan PA78. ‘231 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports— (a) habitat for the following endangered wildlife— (i) blue orchid ( Dendrobium nindii ); (ii) pitcher plant ( Nepenthes mirabilis Bramston Beach population); (iii) southern cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ); (iv) swamp orchid ( Phaius tancarvilleae ); and (b) habitat for the following vulnerable wildlife— (i) ant plant ( Myrmecodia beccarii ); (ii) apollo jewel butterﬂy ( Hypochrysops apollo apollo ); (iii) crimson ﬁnch ( Neochmia phaeton ); and (c) a regional ecosystem identiﬁed as of concern in ‘The Conservation Status of Queensland’s Bioregional Ecosystems’.

s6 9 s6 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 ‘PART 78—GOANNA SPRING NATURE REFUGE ‘232 Name ‘Goanna Spring Nature Refuge. ‘233 Description ‘The part of lot 50 on SP143226 situated in the County of Copperﬁeld, containing an area of about 3 885 ha, shown on plan PA63. ‘234 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports— (a) a geographically signiﬁcant landscape due to the intrusion of lava ﬂows; and (b) regional ecosystems including dry rainforest and a high diversity of plant species; and (c) habitat for rare and threatened plant species. ‘PART 79—HANGING ROCK CREEK NATURE REFUGE ‘235 Name ‘Hanging Rock Creek Nature Refuge. ‘236 Description ‘The part of lot 452 on plan LX709 situated in the County of Lennox, containing an area of about 143.6 ha, shown on plan PA59. ‘237 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports—

s 6 10 s 6 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 (a) habitat for the following— (i) the endangered red goshawk ( Erythrotriorchis radiatus ); (ii) the rare grey goshawk ( Accipiter novaehollandiae ); (iii) the vulnerable glossy-black cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus lathami ) and powerful owl ( Ninox strenua ); and (b) habitat for 187 identiﬁed species of native plants; and (c) areas of cultural heritage interest. ‘PART 80—JANBAL NATURE REFUGE ‘238 Name ‘Janbal Nature Refuge. ‘239 Description ‘The part of lot 52 on RP836114 situated in the County of Solander, containing an area of about 6.63 ha, shown on plan PA90. ‘240 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports— (a) habitat for the endangered southern cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ); and (b) habitat for the following rare plants— (i) Randia audasii ; (ii) Rhodomyrtus effusa ; (iii) Xanthophyllum fragans ; and (c) a regional ecosystem identiﬁed as endangered in ‘The Conservation Status of Queensland’s Bioregional Ecosystems’.

s 6 11 s 6 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 ‘PART 81—MOUNT HALLEN NATURE REFUGE ‘241 Name ‘Mount Hallen Nature Refuge. ‘242 Description ‘The parts of lots 71 and 72 on RP184974 situated in the County of Churchill, containing an area of about 40.3 ha, shown on plan PA84. ‘243 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports— (a) Eucalyptus crebra and Eucalyptus melanophloia woodland on basalt and small areas of Eucalyptus tereticornis woodland on alluvial plains identiﬁed as of concern in ‘The Conservation Status of Queensland’s Bioregional Ecosystems’; and (b) habitat for the following vulnerable species— (i) glossy black cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus lathami ); (ii) Picris evae ; (iii) powerful owl ( Ninox strenua ); and (c) koala habitat. ‘PART 82—PADAMINKA NATURE REFUGE ‘244 Name ‘Padaminka Nature Refuge.

s 6 12 s 6 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 ‘245 Description ‘The part of lot 11 on RP744316 and part of lot 12 on SP138988 situated in the County of Carlisle, containing an area of about 72 ha, shown on plan PA92. ‘246 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports— (a) a eucalypt woodland identiﬁed as endangered in ‘The Conservation Status of Queensland’s Bioregional Ecosystems’; and (b) another regional ecosystem with low representation in the protected area estate; and (c) habitat for a diverse range of fauna, including the following rare species— (i) black-necked stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus ); (ii) square-tailed kite ( Lophoictinia isura ); and (d) at least 57 ﬂora species and 279 fauna species. ‘PART 83—RELIANCE CREEK NATURE REFUGE ‘247 Name ‘Reliance Creek Nature Refuge. ‘248 Description ‘The part of lot 5 on RP731348 situated in the County of Carlisle, containing an area of about 2.65 ha, shown on plan PA103. ‘249 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports—

s 6 13 s 6 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 (a) two regional ecosystems with low representation in the protected area estate; and (b) habitat for at least 97 native plant species; and (c) habitat for a diverse range of fauna, including the following rare species— (i) radjah shelduck ( Tadorna radjah ); (ii) square-tailed kite ( Lophoictinia isura ). ‘PART 84—TAYLOR’S HILL NATURE REFUGE ‘250 Name ‘Taylor’s Hill Nature Refuge. ‘251 Description ‘The part of lot 1 on RP742007 situated in the County of Cardwell, containing an area of about 23.3 ha, shown on plan PA85. ‘252 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports— (a) habitat for the endangered southern cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ); and (b) habitat for the following rare wildlife— (i) green ringtail possum ( Pseudochirops archeri ); (ii) Herbert River ringtail possum ( Pseudochirulus herbertensis ); (iii) lemuroid ringtail possum ( Hemibelideus lemuroides ); (iv) Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo ( Dendrolagus lumholtzi ); (v) Prumnopitys ladei .

s 6 14 s 6 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 ‘PART 85—THE GULLIES NATURE REFUGE ‘253 Name ‘The Gullies Nature Refuge. ‘254 Description ‘The part of lot 48 on plan CSH48 situated in the County of Cavendish, containing an area of about 39.64 ha, shown on plan PA104. ‘255 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports— (a) ﬁve regional ecosystems, including one of concern with low representation in the protected area estate; and (b) a diversity of ﬂora, including the following vulnerable species— (i) ironbark ( Eucalyptus taurina ); (ii) koala fern ( Caustis blakei subsp. macrantha ); and (c) habitat for several rare and threatened ﬂora and fauna species; and (d) catchment protection of the upper reaches of Alice Creek which ﬂows into Lockyer Creek. ‘PART 86—THERESA HUT NATURE REFUGE ‘256 Name ‘Theresa Hut Nature Refuge.

s 6 15 s 6 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 ‘257 Description ‘The part of lot 1 on plan CLM611 and lot 2 on plan CLM565 situated in the County of Clermont, containing an area of about 12 235 ha, shown on plan PA82. ‘258 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports— (a) two regional ecosystem types, primarily mixed eucalypt woodland and fringing blue gum and river she-oak woodland; and (b) a colony of the vulnerable brush-tailed rock wallabies ( Petrogale penicillata ). ‘PART 87—VON KEYSERLINGK WOODLANDS NATURE REFUGE ‘259 Name ‘von Keyserlingk Woodlands Nature Refuge. ‘260 Description ‘The part of lot 2 on RP715768 situated in the County of Solander, containing an area of about 65.2 ha, shown on plan PA88. ‘261 Signiﬁcant cultural and natural resources and values ‘The nature refuge supports— (a) four regional ecosystems endemic to the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, including one identiﬁed as endangered in ‘The Conservation Status of Queensland’s Bioregional Ecosystems’; and (b) habitat for the endangered southern cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ).’.

s 7 16 s 8 Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment and No. 267, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 7 Amendment of sch 6 (Koala bushland coordinated conservation area) Schedule 6, section 2(a), ‘hachured’— omit. PART 4—REPEAL PROVISION 8 Repeal of notice The Nature Conservation (Protected Plants Harvest Period) Notice 2000 SL No. 362 is repealed. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 3 October 2002. 2. Notiﬁed in the gazette on 4 October 2002. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Environmental Protection Agency. © State of Queensland 2002