Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (42) (14/8/2006)

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

 

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

 

Instrument under section 184(1)(a)

 

(Issued under the Authority of the Minister for the Environment and Heritage)

 

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Act) places certain obligations on the Commonwealth to protect and conserve threatened species.

 

The purpose of this instrument is to amend the list of threatened species under the Act in accordance with s184(1)(a) of the Act by:

 

deleting from the list of threatened species in the endangered category

  • Verticordia harveyi  (Autumn Featherflower)
  • Bentleya spinescens  (Spiny Bentleya)
  • Lechenaultia pulvinaris  (Cushion Leschenaultia)
  • Hemiandra sp. Watheroo (S.Hancocks 4)  (Colourful Snakebush)
  • Eucalyptus rhodantha var. petiolaris  (Stalked Rose Mallee)
  • Eucalyptus graniticola Brooker & Hopper ms (Scarp Road Mallee)
  • Adenanthos cunninghamii  (Albany Woollybush)
  • Eucalyptus bennettiae  (Bennett’s Mallee)

 

deleting from the list of threatened species in the vulnerable category

  • Acacia semicircinalis  (Wongan Wattle)
  • Caladenia sp. Jarrah Forest (S.D. Hopper 3990) (an orchid)
  • Chordifex chaunocoleus  (Heath Rush)
  • Daviesia spiralis  (Spiral-leaved Daviesia)
  • Kunzea pauciflora  (Mt Melville Kunzea)
  • Anigozanthos humilis subsp. chrysanthus  (Golden Catspaw)
  • Amytornis textilis textilis  (Thick-billed Grasswren (western subspecies))
  • Corybas limpidus  (Crystal Helmet Orchid)
  • Eremophila microtheca  (Heath-like Eremophila)
  • Plectrachne bromoides  (a spinifex)
  • Pimelea rara  (Summer Pimelea)

 

 

Consultation on the nominations to amend the list of threatened species under the Act to remove these species was undertaken before the legislative instrument was made. The nominations were placed on public exhibition, and public comments were sought. Parties with relevant expertise were directly consulted regarding their views.

 

This instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

 

The instrument commenced on the day after it was registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

 

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