EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Instrument under section 269A(2)
(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 and ecological communities, and to ensure recovery plans are in force under the Act.
The purpose of this instrument is to ensure a recovery plan is in force in accordance with s269A of the Act for Tectaria devexa - listed as Endangered.
The plan has been assessed and complies with s. 270 of the Act and r. 7.11 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000.
Stakeholders were consulted during the drafting of the plan. The plan was also placed on public exhibition for three months as required under s. 275 of the Act, and public comments were invited. All comments were taken into account in finalising the plan.
The information in this recovery plan enabled the Threatened Species Scientific Committee to recommend the adoption of this plan as required under s. 274 of the Act.
This plan provides for the research and management actions necessary to stop the decline of, and support the recovery of, the listed threatened species so that its chances of long-term survival in nature are maximised.
The recovery plan is available electronically from the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage at www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/recovery/index.html or from the Community Information Unit, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage, GPO Box 787, Canberra ACT 2601, or on 1800 803 772.
This instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
The instrument commenced the day after it was registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.