Proposed Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2010

The Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2002 is due to lapse on 1 September 2010. A range of options have been considered and are outlined in the Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS), including the preferred option of replacing the 2002 regulation with the proposed Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2010.

The RIS and proposed Regulation can be downloaded in full  (10215RISTSCReg.pdf, 6.5MB) or in sections:

  1. The Regulatory Impact Statement for the Proposed Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2010 (10215RISTSCRegProp.pdf, 132 KB)
  2. Contents and Part 1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2010 (10215RISTSCRegContPart1.pdf, 925 KB)
  3. Part 2 of the Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2010 (10215RISTSCRegPart2.pdf, 2697 KB)
  4. Part 3 of the Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2010 (10215RISTSCRegPart3.pdf, 1465 KB)
  5. Part 4 of the Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2010 (10215RISTSCRegPart4.pdf, 998 KB)
  6. Part 5 of the Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2010 (10215RISTSCRegPart5.pdf, 413 KB)

 

The proposed Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2010 is made under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. The object of the proposed Regulation is to provide for the prescription of criteria for the listing of critically endangered species, endangered species, vulnerable species, endangered populations, critically endangered ecological communities, endangered ecological communities and vulnerable ecological communities; the protection and management of the Little Penguin critical habitat and the Wollemi Pine critical habitat; and various other matters contained in the Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2002.

The RIS explains the need for government action, states the objective of that action, and analyses the costs and benefits of a range of options. The proposed Regulation and RIS are now available for public comment.

Written comments and submissions on the RIS and proposed Regulation are invited.

Comments and submissions must be received by 5 pm, 2 July 2010.

Please send submissions to:

Postal address: Threatened Species Conservation Regulation Review
Conservation Policy and Strategies Section
Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
PO Box A290
South Sydney NSW 1232

Email: tscregulation.review@environment.nsw.gov.au

Note

The National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Bill 2010 is currently before Parliament. If passed, this Bill will increase the maximum penalty amount that can apply for offences under the Threatened Species Conservation Regulation from the current maximum of 50 penalty units ($5500) to 200 penalty units ($22,000). This is a separate process to the review of the Threatened Species Regulation.

 

Page last updated: 26 February 2011