Threatened Species Protection Order (No. 2) 2025


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Threatened Species Protection Order (No. 2) 2025

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

2 October 2025

M. OGILVIE

Minister for Environment

1.   Short title

This order may be cited as the Threatened Species Protection Order (No. 2) 2025 .

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 adding after item 21 in Subdivision 2 of Division 1 the following item:

21AA. 

Hyridella narracanensis

(Cotton & Gabriel), Hyriidae

Narracan Corrugated Mussel

(b) by omitting item 40A from Subdivision 2 of Division 2 .

5.    Schedule 4 amended (Taxa of native flora and fauna which are vulnerable)

Schedule 4 to the Principal Act is amended by adding after item 4 in Subdivision 2 of Division 1 of Part 1 the following item:

4A. 

Neophema chrysostoma

(Kuhl), Psittacidae

Blue-winged Parrot

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

Notified in the Gazette on 15 October 2025

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 adding certain species to, and omitting a species from, the Schedules of endangered and vulnerable native flora and fauna.