Notice of Final Determination (2012-388) (NSW)

2012 No 388

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 a critically endangered species under that Act and, accordingly:

(a)	Schedule 1A to that Act is amended by inserting in Part 1 before the matter relating to Lepidoptera under the heading “Invertebrates”:
Arthropoda Insecta Phasmatodea Phasmatidae
* Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) Lord Howe Island Phasmid
(b)	Schedule 1 to that Act is amended by omitting from Part 1 under the heading “Insecta”:
Phasmatodea Phasmatidae
* Dryococelus australis Montrouzier, 1855 Lord Howe Island Phasmid

This Notice commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.
Dated, this 30th day of July 2012.

Associate Professor Michelle Leishman Chairperson of the Scientific Committee

Published Gazette No 83 of 17 August 2012, page 3698	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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