Draft Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2017

Based on the recommendations of the Independent Biodiversity Review Panel (the panel), the NSW Government has been developing a reform package for biodiversity conservation and land management, including reforms to the regulation of:

native plants and animals
private land conservation
agricultural land management
ecologically sustainable development

Following public exhibition in May and June 2016, the legislative reforms (including the repeal of the existing legislation) were passed by the NSW Parliament on 17 November 2016 and were contained in:

the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, and
the Local Land Services Amendment Act 2016.

The new legislation is yet to commence.

Proposed regulations to support the new Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BCA) have now been developed for public exhibition. Under the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989 (SLA), a regulatory impact statement (RIS) must be prepared before regulations are made. The purpose of the RIS was to assess the regulatory impacts of the Biodiversity Conservation Regulation.

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