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:

including in the list of threatened species in the critically endangered category

• Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. velutinosa  (Velvety Spiral Pod Wattle)
• Acacia unguicula  (a shrub)
• Brachyscias verecundus  (Ironstone Brachyscias)
• Calectasia cyanea  (Blue Tinsel Lily)
• Daviesia glossosema  (Maroon-flowered Daviesia)
• Muehlenbeckia horrida subsp. abdita  (Remote Thorny Lignum)
• Cherax tenuimanus  (Hairy Marron)
• Galaxias truttaceus hesperius  (Western Trout Minnow)

including in the list of threatened species in the endangered category

• Acacia chapmanii subsp. australis  (a shrub)
• Caladenia williamsiae  (Williams Spider Orchid)

Consultation on the nominations to amend the list of threatened species under the Act to include 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.