Notice of Final Determination (2012-176) (NSW)

2012 No 176

New South Wales

Notice of Final Determination

under the

Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995

The Scientific Committee established under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 has made a final determination to insert the following species as an endangered species under that Act and, accordingly:

(a) Schedule 1 to that Act is amended by inserting in Part 1 before the heading Balaenopteridae in the matter relating to Marine mammals:

Balaenidae

* Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) Southern Right Whale
(b)	Schedule 2 to that Act is amended by omitting from Part 1 under the heading Marine mammals in the matter relating to Vertebrates:

Balaenidae

* Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) Southern
Right Whale

This Notice commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.
Dated, this 10th day of April 2012.

Associate Professor Michelle Leishman Chairperson of the Scientific Committee

Published Gazette No 47 of 4 May 2012, page 1138	Page 1
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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 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.

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