Notice of Determination (2017-363) (NSW)

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
made a determination to amend the descriptions of the species referred to below pursuant to section 36A (1) (a) of that Act (being an amendment that is necessary or desirable to reflect changes in the name of a species, or a reclassification of any such species into further species, as a result of taxonomic revision).

(a) Part 1 of Schedule 1A to that Act is amended by omitting the following from the matter relating to Maluridae (under the heading Animals, Vertebrates, Birds):

* Amytornis textilis modestus (North, 1902) Thick-billed Grasswren
(eastern subspecies)

(b) Part 1 of Schedule 1A to that Act is amended by inserting the following in the matter relating to Maluridae (under the heading Animals, Vertebrates, Birds):

*	Amytornis modestus inexpectatus (Mathews,	Thick-billed Grasswren (central
1912)	NSW subspecies)
*	Amytornis modestus obscurior (Mathews, 1923)	Thick-billed Grasswren (north-west NSW subspecies)

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

Dated, this 26th day of June 2017.

Dr Mark Eldridge

Chairperson of the Scientific Committee

Copies of 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

Notice of Determination [NSW]

(b) by contacting the Scientific Committee Unit, by post C/- Office of Environment and

Heritage, PO Box 1967, Hurstville BC NSW 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.