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Commonwealth of Australia

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Section 285

Instrument revoking and making a wildlife conservation plan

I, Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, pursuant to:

  (a)   Section 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth), revoke the wildlife conservation plan for 36 migratory shorebird species entitled "Department of the Environment and Heritage (2005) Wildlife Conservation Plan for the following Migratory Shorebirds:

Latham's Snipe   Gallinago hardwickii
Pin-tailed Snipe   Gallinago stenura
Swinhoe's Snipe    Gallinago megala
Black-tailed Godwit    Limosa limosa
Bar-tailed Godwit    Limosa lapponica
Little Curlew    Numenius minutus
Whimbrel    Numenius phaeopus
Eastern Curlew    Numenius madagascariensis
Common Redshank    Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper    Tringa stagnatilis
Common Greenshank    Tringa nebularia
Wood Sandpiper    Tringa glareola
Terek Sandpiper    Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper    Actitis hypoleucos
Grey-tailed Tattler    Heteroscelus brevipes
Wandering Tattler    Heteroscelus incanus
Ruddy Turnstone    Arenaria interpres
Asian Dowitcher    Limnodromus semipalmatus
Great Knot    Calidris tenuirostris
Red Knot    Calidris canutus
Sanderling   Calidris alba
Red-necked Stint    Calidris ruficollis
Long-toed Stint    Calidris subminuta
Pectoral Sandpiper    Calidris melanotos
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper    Calidris acuminata
Curlew Sandpiper    Calidris ferruginea
Broad-billed Sandpiper    Limicola falcinellus
Ruff    Philomachus pugnax
Red-necked Phalarope    Phalaropus lobatus
Pacific Golden Plover    Pluvialis fulva
Grey Plover    Pluvialis squatarola
Double-banded Plover    Charadrius bicinctus
Lesser Sand Plover    Charadrius mongolus
Greater Sand Plover    Charadrius leschenaultii
Oriental Plover    Charadrius veredus
Oriental Pratincole    Glareola maldivarum

  (b)   section 285 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), make a wildlife conservation plan for the following 35 listed migratory species, entitled "Wildlife Conservation Plan for Migratory Shorebirds".

Listed migratory species   Wildlife conservation plan
Gallinago hardwickii       Department of the Environment (2015) Wildlife Conservation Plan for Migratory Shorebirds. Department of the Environment, Commonwealth of Australia
Gallinago stenura
Gallinago megala
Limosa limosa
Limosa lapponica
Numenius minutus
Numenius phaeopus
Xenus cinereus
Actitis hypoleucos
Tringa brevipes
Tringa incana
Tringa nebularia
Tringa stagnatilis
Tringa totanus
Tringa glareola
Arenaria interpres
Limnodromus semipalmatus
Calidris tenuirostris
Calidris canutus
Calidris alba
Calidris ruficollis
Calidris subminuta
Calidris melanotos
Calidris acuminata
Limicola falcinellus
Philomachus pugnax
Phalaropus lobatus
Pluvialis fulva
Pluvialis squatarola
Charadrius dubius
Charadrius bicinctus
Charadrius mongolus
Charadrius leschenaultii
Charadrius veredus
Glareola maldivarum

The revocation of the wildlife conservation plan specified in paragraph (a) will take affect the day after the plan specified in paragraph (b) is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

The wildlife conservation plan specified in paragraph (b) will come into force on the day after the plan is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Dated this 21th day of December 2015

GREG HUNT

Greg Hunt

Minister for the Environment

                 Wildlife Conservation Plan for Migratory Shorebirds

                 August 2015

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