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, Heritage and the Arts)
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 in the endangered category:
- Epacris sp. Graniticola (A.Moscal 4210) R.Crowden
- Spyridium microphyllum
including in the list in the critically endangered category:
- Epacris graniticola
- Marginaster littoralis
including in the list in the endangered category:
- Spyridium lawrencei
- Tasmanipatus anophthalmus
including in the list in the vulnerable category:
- Patiriella vivipara
including in the list in the extinct category:
- Hypolimnus pedderensis
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.