Threatened Species Protection Amendment Order 2024


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Threatened Species Protection Amendment Order 2024

I make the following order under section 13(5) of the Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 .

17 December 2024

MADELEINE OGILVIE

Minister for the Environment

1.   Short title

This order may be cited as the Threatened Species Protection Amendment Order 2024 .

2.   Commencement

This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Act

In this order, the Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 is referred to as the Principal Act.

4.    Schedule 3 amended (Taxa of native flora and fauna which are endangered)

Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting item 4 from Subdivision 1 (Mammals) of Division 1 ;
(b) by omitting item 1 from Subdivision 1 (Amphibians) of Division 1 and substituting the following item:

1. 

Limnodynastes peronii

Dumeril & Bibron

Striped Marsh Frog

(c) by omitting item 27B from Subdivision 2 of Division 2 ;
(d) by omitting item 8 from Subdivision 3 of Division 2 .

5.    Schedule 5 amended (Taxa of native flora and fauna which are rare)

Schedule 5 to the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting item 63 from Division 2 of Part 1 and substituting the following item:

63. 

Theclinesthes serpentatus lavara

(Herrich-Schäffer), Lepidoptera

Chequered Blue

(b) by omitting item 50 from Division 1 of Part 2 and substituting the following item:

50. 

Eucalyptus perriniana subsp. perriniana

F.Muell. ex Rodway, Myrtaceae

spinning gum

(c) by omitting item 110 from Division 1 of Part 2 ;
(d) by omitting item 137A from Division 1 of Part 2 and substituting the following item:

137A. 

Styphelia esquamata

(R.Br.) Spreng. Ericaceae

swamp beardheath

(e) by omitting item 5 from Division 3 of Part 2 and substituting the following item:

5. 

Isoetes jarmaniae

(S.J.Jarman HO314082) Tas. Herbarium, Isoetaceae

limestone quillwort

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 31 December 2024

This order is administered in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order)

This order amends the Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 by –
(a) adding certain species to, and omitting certain species from, the Schedules of endangered and rare flora and fauna; and
(b) updating certain taxonomic, authority and common name references in those Schedules.