Threatened Species Protection Order 2002

Threatened Species Protection Order 2002

I, on the recommendation of the Scientific Advisory Committee, make the following order under the section 13(5) of the Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 .

22 March 2002

D. E. Llewellyn

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

1.   Short title

This order may be cited as the Threatened Species Protection Order 2002 .

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)

(1)  The items relating to Fauna - Vertebrates in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Act are amended as follows:

(a) by omitting paragraph (a) in item 2 and substituting the following paragraphs:

(a) Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi

Mathews

Brown Thornbill (King Island)

(ab) Acanthornis magnus greenianus

Schodde & Mason

Scrubtit (King Island)

(ac) Accipiter novaehollandiae

Gmelin

Grey Goshawk

(b) by inserting after paragraph (e) in item 2 the following paragraph:

(ea) Numenius madagascariensis

Linnaeus

Eastern Curlew

(c) by inserting after paragraph (g) in item 2 the following paragraph:

(ga) Procellaria cinerea

Gmelin

Grey Petrel

(d) by inserting after paragraph (b) in item 3 the following paragraph:

(c) Pseudemoia pagenstecheri

Lindholm

Tussock Skink

(2)  The items relating to Fauna - Invertebrates in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Act are amended by inserting after item 8 the following:

8A.

Oreisplanus munionga larana

Olliff, Lepidoptera

Marrawah Skipper

(3)  The items relating to Flora - Dicotyledoneae in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Act are amended as follows:

(e) by inserting after item 3 the following item:

3A.

Calystegia sepium

(L.) R.Br., Convolvulaceae

Great bindweed

(f) by inserting after item 10 the following item:

10A.

Eucalyptus gunnii ssp. divaricata

(McAulay & Brett) B. M. Potts (in press), Myrtaceae

Miena cider gum

(g) by inserting after item 29 the following item:

29A.

Philotheca freyciana

Rozefelds, Rutaceae

Freycinet wax flower

(h) by inserting after item 40 the following item:

41.

Vittadinia australasica var. oricola

N.Burb.,Asteraceae

Coast New Holland daisy

(4)  The items relating to Flora - Lichens in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Act are amended by omitting item 1 and substituting the following items:

1.

Neofuscelia subloxodella

Elix & Kantvilas, Parmeliaceae

1A.

Xanthoparmelia molliuscula

(Ach.) Hale, Parmeliaceae

(5)  The items relating to Flora - Dicotyledoneae in Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Act are amended as follows:

(i) by omitting item 5 and substituting the following item:

5.

Chenopodium erosum

R.Br., Chenopodiaceae

Papery gooseneck

(j) by omitting item 17.

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

Schedule 4 to the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting after item 5 in Part 2 the following:

5A.	"Discocharopa" vigens	Legrand, Mesogastropoda	Land Snail
5B.	Engaeus martigener	Horwitz, Decapoda	Furneaux Burrowing Crayfish

(b) by inserting after item 25 in Part 3 the following:

25A.

Mirabelia oxylobioides

F.Muell., Fabaceae

Mountain mirbelia

(c) by omitting item 2 from Part 5 and substituting the following:

2.

Microstrobos niphophilus

J.Garden & L.Johnson, Podocarpaceae

Mount Mawson pine

(d) by inserting after item 1 in Part 7 the following:

2.

Xanthoparmelia jarmaniae

Elix & Kantvilas, Parmeliaceae

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

Schedule 5 to the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting after paragraph (e) in item 2 in Part 1 the following:

2A.	Reptiles
	(a) Pseudemoia rawlinsoni	Hutchinson & Donnellan	Glossy Grass Skink

(b) by inserting after item 44 in Part 2 the following:

44A.

Enchymus sp.nov.

Zimmerman, Coleoptera

Weldborough Forest Weevel

(c) by inserting after item 75 in Part 2 the following:

75A.

Pseudalmenus chlorinda myrsilus

Couchman, Lepidoptera

Tasmanian Hairstreak (butterfly)

(d) by omitting item 93 from Part 3 ;

(e) by inserting after item 129 in Part 3 the following:

129A.

Rumex bidens

R.Br., Polygonaceae

Mud dock

(f) by omitting item 146 from Part 3 ;

(g) by inserting after item 2 in Part 7 the following:

2A.

Parmeliopsis ambigua

(Wulf) Nye, Parmeliaceae

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

Notified in the Gazette on 24 April 2002

This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

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, vulnerable and rare native flora and fauna; and

(b) updating certain taxonomic name changes.