Notice of Final Determination and Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act (2002-956) (NSW)
2002 No 956
New South Wales
Notice of Final Determination and
Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act
under the
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995
The Scientific Committee established under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 has, in pursuance of Division 3 of Part 2 of that Act, made a final determination to insert the following species of insect as a species presumed extinct in Part 4 of Schedule 1 to that Act and, accordingly, that Schedule is amended as set out in Annexure “A” to this Notice:
Animals
Invertebrates
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
| Hybomorpus melanosomus (Saunders & Jekel, 1885) | Lord Howe Island ground weevil |
The final determination to insert this species in Part 4 of Schedule 1 has been made because the Scientific Committee is of the opinion that the species has not been located in nature during the preceding 50 years despite searching of known and likely habitats during that period.
| Published in Gazette No 255 of 13 December 2002, page 10602 | Page 1 |
| 2002 No 956 | |
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| Notice of Final Determination and Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act |
Copies of the final determination may be inspected during business hours at:
The National Parks Centre
102 George St
The RocksSydney
and at Area Offices or Visitor Centres of the National Parks and Wildlife
Service.
Signed at Sydney, this 4th day of December 2002.
Dr Chris Dickman
Chairperson
Scientific Committee
Annexure “A”
Schedule 1 to the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 is amended by inserting in Part 4 under the heading “Animals” and immediately above the heading “Plants” the matter:
Invertebrates
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
| Hybomorpus melanosomus (Saunders & Jekel, 1885) | Lord Howe Island ground weevil |
BY AUTHORITY
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