Notice of Determination (2011-549) (NSW)

2011 No 549

New South Wales

Notice of Determination

under the

Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995

The Scientific Committee established under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 has determined to amend the descriptions of certain ecological communities referred to in paragraphs (a)–(c) below pursuant to section 36A (1) (b) of the Act (being amendments that are necessary or desirable to correct minor errors or omissions) and the descriptions of certain ecological communities referred to in paragraphs (a) (vii) and (viii) below pursuant also to section 36A (1) (c) of the Act (being amendments that are necessary or desirable to clarify a description of an ecological community).

(a)	Part 3 of Schedule 1 to that Act is amended as follows:
(i) Omit the matter relating to Agnes Banks Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Agnes Banks Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as
described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under
Division 5 of Part 2)

(ii)      Omit the matter relating to Araluen Scarp Grassy Forest in the South East Corner Bioregion and insert instead:

Araluen Scarp Grassy Forest in the South East Corner Bioregion
(as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee
under Division 5 of Part 2)

(iii)      Omit the matter relating to Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion
(as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee

under Division 5 of Part 2)

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(iv)      Omit the matter relating to Brogo Wet Vine Forest in the South East Corner Bioregion and insert instead:

Brogo Wet Vine Forest in the South East Corner Bioregion (as
described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under
Division 5 of Part 2)

(v)      Omit the matter relating to Cooks River/Castlereagh Ironbark Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Cooks River/Castlereagh Ironbark Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(vi)      Omit the matter relating to Dry Rainforest of the South East Forests in the South East Corner Bioregion and insert instead:

Dry Rainforest of the South East Forests in the South East Corner
Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific
Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(vii)      Omit the matter relating to Duffys Forest Ecological Community in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Duffys Forest Ecological Community in the Sydney Basin
Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific
Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(viii)      Omit the matter relating to Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

* Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(ix)      Omit the matter relating to Illawarra Lowlands Grassy Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Illawarra Lowlands Grassy Woodland in the Sydney Basin
Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific
Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

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(x)      Omit the matter relating to Illawarra Subtropical Rainforest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Illawarra Subtropical Rainforest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as
described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under
Division 5 of Part 2)

(xi)      Omit the matter relating to Kurri Sand Swamp Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Kurri Sand Swamp Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(xii)      Omit the matter relating to Melaleuca armillaris Tall Shrubland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Melaleuca armillaris Tall Shrubland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion
(as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee
under Division 5 of Part 2)

(xiii)      Omit the matter relating to Milton Ulladulla Subtropical Rainforest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Milton Ulladulla Subtropical Rainforest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(xiv)      Omit the matter relating to Moist Shale Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Moist Shale Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(xv)      Omit the matter relating to Mount Gibraltar Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Mount Gibraltar Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as
described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under
Division 5 of Part 2)

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(xvi)      Omit the matter relating to Newnes Plateau Shrub Swamp in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Newnes Plateau Shrub Swamp in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(xvii)      Omit the matter relating to Quorrobolong Scribbly Gum Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Quorrobolong Scribbly Gum Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(xviii)      Omit the matter relating to Robertson Basalt Tall Open-forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Robertson Basalt Tall Open-forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion
(as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee
under Division 5 of Part 2)

(xix)      Omit the matter relating to Robertson Rainforest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Robertson Rainforest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(xx)      Omit the matter relating to Shale Gravel Transition Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Shale Gravel Transition Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(xxi)      Omit the matter relating to Southern Highlands Shale Woodlands in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Southern Highlands Shale Woodlands in the Sydney Basin
Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific
Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

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(xxii)      Omit the matter relating to Sydney Freshwater Wetlands in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Sydney Freshwater Wetlands in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(xxiii)      Omit the matter relating to Tableland Basalt Forest in the Sydney Basin and South Eastern Highlands Bioregions and insert instead:

Tableland Basalt Forest in the Sydney Basin and South Eastern Highlands Bioregions (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

(xxiv)      Omit the matter relating to Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion
(as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee
under Division 5 of Part 2)

(xxv)      Omit the matter relating to Warkworth Sands Woodland of the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Warkworth Sands Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as
described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under
Division 5 of Part 2)

(xxvi)      Omit the matter relating to Western Sydney Dry Rainforest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Western Sydney Dry Rainforest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as
described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under

Division 5 of Part 2)

(b)	Part 2 of Schedule 1A to that Act is amended by omitting the matter relating to Blue Gum High Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and inserting instead:
* Blue Gum High Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

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(c)	Part 2 of Schedule 2 to that Act is amended as follows:
(i) Omit the matter relating to Blue Mountains Swamps in the Sydney Basin Bioregion and insert instead:

Blue Mountains Swamps in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (as
described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under
Division 5 of Part 2)

(ii)      Omit the matter relating to Lower Hunter Valley Dry Rainforest in the Sydney Basin and NSW North Coast Bioregions and insert instead:

Lower Hunter Valley Dry Rainforest in the Sydney Basin and NSW
North Coast Bioregions (as described in the determination of the

Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2)

This Notice commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.

Dated, this 26th day of August 2011.

Dr Richard Major

Chairperson of the Scientific Committee

Copies of final determination and reasons
Copies of the final determination and the reasons for it are available to members of the public (free of charge) as follows:

(a)	on the Internet at
(b)	by contacting the Scientific Committee Unit, by post C/- Office of Environment and Heritage, PO Box 1967, Hurstville BC 1481, by telephone [phone] or by facsimile [phone],
(c)	in person at the Office of Environment and Heritage Information Centre, Level 14, 59–61 Goulburn St, Sydney.

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