Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995

Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995
Parliament of New South Wales
  • An Act to conserve threatened species, populations and ecological communities of animals and plants; to amend the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and certain other Acts; to repeal the Endangered Fauna (Interim Protection) Act 1991; and for other purposes.
Citation1995 No. 101
Enacted byParliament of New South Wales
Royal assent22 December 1995
Commenced1 January 1996
Administered byDepartment of Planning and Environment
Repeals
Endangered Fauna (Interim Protection) Act 1991
Status: Repealed

The Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act) was enacted by the Parliament of New South Wales in 1995 to protect threatened species, populations and ecological communities in NSW.[1][2] In 2016 it was replaced by the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.[2][3] These acts form the basis and the mechanisms in NSW by which species, populations and ecological communities are declared endangered, vulnerable or critically endangered, and under which people and corporations are prosecuted for destruction of habitat sheltering such species, populations or communities.[1][3]

Species, populations, and ecological communities are declared endangered on advice from the NSW scientific committee (established by the Act), which consists of 11 members appointed by the minister and whose purpose is to determine which species are to be listed as threatened species, which populations as endangered populations, and which ecological communities as endangered, critically endangered or vulnerable ecological communities. Additionally, the committee advises which processes should be listed as threatening processes, and advises the minister accordingly.[1]

A range of species recovery plans have been made in direct accordance with the TSC Act.[4][5][6]

Specific legal rulings have also been made in accordance with the Act.[7][8][9][10]

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  4. ^ New South Wales. National Parks and Wildlife Service (2002), Silky Mouse (Pseudomys apodemoides) recovery plan : prepared in accordance with the New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, ISBN 978-0-7313-6392-6
  5. ^ New South Wales. National Parks and Wildlife Service (2002), Recovery plan for the Yellow-bellied Glider (Petaurus australis) : draft for public comment October 2002, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, ISBN 978-0-7313-6392-6
  6. ^ New South Wales. National Parks and Wildlife Service; New South Wales. Department of Environment and Conservation; New South Wales. Department of Environment and Conservation. Recovery Planning Program (2005), Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea (Lesson 1829) : draft recovery plan : prepared in accordance with the New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and the Commonwealth Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Dept. of Environment and Conservation (NSW), ISBN 978-0-7313-6866-2
  7. ^ "Penalties for potential harm to threatened species.(Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water v Forestry Commission of New South Wales)(New South Wales. Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995)(Case overview)", Mondaq Business Briefing, Mondaq Ltd, 10 October 2011, retrieved 2 September 2018
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