EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
(Issued under the Authority of the Minister for the Environment)
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)
Instrument under section 184(1)(d)
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (the Act) provides for the protection of the environment, especially matters of national environmental significance, and conservation of biodiversity, including the protection and conservation of threatened species.
Section 178 of the Act provides for a list of threatened species (the List) separated into particular categories being, extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable and conservation dependent.
Section 184(1)(d) of the Act provides that the Minister or delegate may, by legislative instrument, amend the List to correct an inaccuracy or update the name of a listed threatened species.
The purpose of this Instrument is to amend the List by correcting and updating the scientific names of threatened species included in the List as set out in Attachment A.
In Attachment A:
- ‘Current EPBC Act listed name’ refers to the name on the List before amendment; and
- ‘Updated EPBC Act listed name’ is the new name after the Instrument has taken effect.
These name changes result from:
- taxonomic revisions that have not altered the concept or description of the species;
- formal publication of species descriptions; and
- correction of species names.
As this Instrument only corrects inaccuracies and updates names in the List and does not make any substantial changes to the List, consultation was not required, however, consultation was undertaken with the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS).
Section 189(1) of the Act requires the rule-maker, when deciding whether to amend the List under section 184(1)(d) of the Act, to obtain and consider advice from the Threatened Species Scientific Committee on the proposed amendment. That advice was sought and considered prior to the making of the Instrument. The Committee agreed to recommend the name changes as set out in Attachment A.
The Instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 (Cth).
The Instrument commenced on the day after it was registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Authority: Section 184(1)(d) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth).
ATTACHMENT A
Amendments to EPBC Act listed threatened species
Listed threatened flora species
Current EPBC Act listed name | Updated EPBC Act listed name |
Acacia sp. Graveside Gorge (V.J.Levitzke 806) NT Herbarium (a shrub) | Acacia sp. Graveside Gorge (V.J.Levitzke 806) |
Amyema scandens | Amyema plicatula |
Caladenia fragrantissima subsp. orientalis | Caladenia orientalis |
Chamaesyce carissoides | Euphorbia carissoides |
Chamelaucium sp. Cataby (G.J.Keighery 11009) WA Herbarium (Griffin's Waxflower) | Chamelaucium sp. Cataby (G.J.Keighery 11009) |
Chamelaucium sp. C Coast Plain (R.D.Royce 4872) | Chamelaucium sp. C Coastal Plain (R.D.Royce 4872) |
Commersonia rosea (a plant) | Androcalva rosea |
Eremophila sp. Koobabbie (R.J.Chinnock 9540) | Eremophila koobabbiensis |
Grevillea brachystylis subsp. Busselton (G.J.Keighery s.n. 28/6/1985) (Large-flowered Short-styled Grevillea) | Grevillea brachystylis subsp. grandis |
Hydatella dioica | Trithuria occidentalis |
Melichrus sp. Gibberagee (A.S.Benwell & J.B.Williams 97239) | Melichrus sp. Gibberagee (Benwell 97239) |
Paracaleana dixonii Hopper & A.P.Br. nom. inval. | Paracaleana dixonii |
Pityrodia axillaris | Dasymalla axillaris |
Pterostylis sp. Eyre Peninsula (R.Bates 19474) | Pterostylis mirabilis |
Pterostylis sp. Flat Rock Creek (D.L.Jones 15873 & K.J.Fitzgerald) | Pterostylis vernalis |
Pterostylis sp. Halbury (R.Bates 8425) | Pterostylis lepida |
Pultenaea sp. Genowlan Point (NSW 417813) NSW Herbarium (Genowlan Point Pultenaea) | Pultenaea sp. Genowlan Point (NSW 417813) |
Rulingia sp. Trigwell Bridge (R.Smith s.n. 20/6/1989) | Commersonia erythrogyna |
Rulingia prostrata | Commersonia prostrata |
Rulingia procumbens | Androcalva procumbens |
Samadera sp. Moonee Creek (J.King s.n. 1949) | Samadera sp. Moonee Creek (J.King s.n. Nov. 1949) |
Thelymitra sp. Kangaloon (D.L.Jones 18108) (Kangaloon Sun-orchid) | Thelymitra kangaloonica |
Villarsia calthifolia | Ornduffia calthifolia |
Listed threatened fauna species
Current EPBC Act listed name | Updated EPBC Act listed name |
Advena campbellii campbellii (a snail) | Advena campbellii |
Gudeoconcha sophiae magnifica ms (a snail) | Gudeoconcha sophiae magnifica |
Lasionectes exleyi | Kumonga exleyi |
Nyctimystes dayi (Lace-eyed Tree Frog) | Litoria dayi |