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Government Gazette 6795 Government Gazette OF THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES Number 117 Friday, 2 December 2011 Published under authority by Government Advertising LEGISLATION Online notification of the making of statutory instruments Week beginning 21 November 2011 THE following instruments were officially notified on the NSW legislation website ( www.legislation.nsw.gov.au) on the dates indicated: Regulations and other statutory instruments Drug and Alcohol Treatment Repeal Regulation 2011 (2011-596) — published LW 25 November 2011 Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures (Adjustable Amounts) Notice (2011-597) — published LW 25 November 2011 Government Information (Public Access) Amendment (Adult Migrant English Service) Regulation 2011 (2011-602) — published LW 25 November 2011 Liquor Amendment (Special Licence Conditions) Regulation (No 2) 2011 (2011-598) — published LW 25 November 2011 Environmental Planning Instruments Coffs Harbour City Centre Local Environmental Plan 2011 (2011-595) — published LW 21 November 2011 State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) Amendment (Miscellaneous) (No 2) 2011 (2011-600) — published LW 25 November 2011 State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Region Growth Centres) Amendment (Marsden Park Industrial Precinct) 2011 (2011-601) — published LW 25 November 2011 State Environmental Planning Policy Amendment (North Penrith) 2011 (2011-599) — published LW 25 November 2011 6796 LEGISLATION 2 December 2011 Assents to Acts ACTS OF PARLIAMENT ASSENTED TO Legislative Assembly Office, Sydney, 28 November 2011 IT is hereby notified, for general information, that Her Excellency the Governor has, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, this day assented to the undermentioned Acts passed by the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, viz.: Act No. 71, 2011 – An Act to amend the Heritage Act 1977 in relation to the Heritage Council and the listing of items on the State Heritage Register; and for other purposes. [Heritage Amendment Bill]. Act No. 72, 2011 – An Act to make miscellaneous amendments to certain clubs, liquor and gaming legislation; and for other purposes. [Clubs, Liquor and Gaming Machines Legislation Amendment Bill]. RONDA MILLER, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 117 2 December 2011 LEGISLATION 6797 Other Legislation New South Wales Notice of Final Determination under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 The Scientific Committee established under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 has made a final determination to insert the species referred to in paragraph (a) as a critically endangered species under that Act and, as a consequence, to omit a reference to that species as a species presumed extinct and, accordingly: (a) Schedule 1A to that Act is amended by inserting in alphabetical order in Part 1 under the heading “Plants”: Scrophulariaceae * Euphrasia arguta R. Br. (b) Schedule 1 to that Act is amended by omitting from Part 4 in the matter relating to Scrophulariaceae under the heading “Plants”: * Euphrasia arguta R. Br. This Notice commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette. Dated, this 22nd day of November 2011. Dr Richard Major Chairperson of the Scientific Committee Copies of final determination and reasons Copies of the final determination and the reasons for it are available to members of the public (free of charge) as follows: (a) on the Internet at www.environment.nsw.gov.au, s2011-345-32.d04 Page 1 C:\Docs\si\s2011-345\d04\s2011-NEW SOUTH WALES345EXN.fm GOVERNMENT 16/11/11, 09:57 GAZETTE am No. 117 6798 LEGISLATION 2 December 2011 Notice of Final Determination (b) by contacting the Scientific Committee Unit, by post C/- Office of Environment and Heritage, PO Box 1967, Hurstville BC NSW 1481, by telephone (02) 9585 6940 or by facsimile (02) 9585 6989, (c) in person at the Office of Environment and Heritage Information Centre, Level 14, 59–61 Goulburn St, Sydney. Page 2 C:\Docs\si\s2011-345\d04\s2011-NEW SOUTH WALES345EXN.fm GOVERNMENT 16/11/11, 09:57 GAZETTE am No. 117 2 December 2011 LEGISLATION 6799 New South Wales Notice of Final Determination under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 The Scientific Committee established under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 has made a final determination to insert the following species as an endangered species under that Act and, accordingly, Schedule 1 to that Act is amended by inserting in Part 1 in alphabetical order in the matter relating to Scincidae under the heading “Reptiles” (under the heading “Animals”): * Cyclodomorphus praealtus Shea, 1995 Alpine She-oak Skink This Notice commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette. Dated, this 22nd day of November 2011. Dr Richard Major Chairperson of the Scientific Committee Copies of final determination and reasons Copies of the final determination and the reasons for it are available to members of the public (free of charge) as follows: (a) on the Internet at www.environment.nsw.gov.au, (b) by contacting the Scientific Committee Unit, by post C/- Office of Environment and Heritage, PO Box 1967, Hurstville BC NSW 1481, by telephone (02) 9585 6940 or by facsimile (02) 9585 6989, (c) in person at the Office of Environment and Heritage Information Centre, Level 14, 59–61 Goulburn St, Sydney. s2011-346-32.d03 Page 1 C:\Docs\si\s2011-346\d03\s2011-NEW SOUTH WALES346EXN.fm GOVERNMENT 15/11/11, 03:26 GAZETTE pm No. 117 6800 LEGISLATION 2 December 2011 New South Wales Notice of Determination under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 The Scientific Committee established under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 has made a determination to amend the descriptions of certain ecological communities referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) below pursuant to section 36A (1) (b) of the Act (being amendments or omissions that are necessary or desirable to correct any minor error or omission), and, accordingly: (a) Part 3 of Schedule 1 is amended as follows: (i) Omit the matter relating to Acacia loderi Shrublands and insert instead: Acacia loderi Shrublands (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2) (ii) Omit the matter relating to Allocasuarina luehmannii Woodland in the Riverina and Murray-Darling Depression Bioregions and insert instead: Allocasuarina luehmannii Woodland in the Riverina and Murray-Darling Depression Bioregions (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2) (iii) Omit the matter relating to Artesian Springs Ecological Community and insert instead: Artesian Springs Ecological Community (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2) s2011-327-32.d05 Page 1 C:\Docs\si\s2011-327\d05\s2011-NEW SOUTH WALES327EXN.fm GOVERNMENT 22/11/11, 06:49 GAZETTE pm No. 117 2 December 2011 LEGISLATION 6801 Notice of Determination (iv) Omit the matter relating to Brigalow within the Brigalow Belt South, Nandewar and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregions and insert instead: Brigalow within the Brigalow Belt South, Nandewar and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregions (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2) (v) Omit the matter relating to Brigalow-Gidgee woodland/shrubland in the Mulga Lands and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregions and insert instead: Brigalow-Gidgee woodland/shrubland in the Mulga Lands and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregions (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2) (vi) Omit the matter relating to Cadellia pentastylis (Ooline) community in the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South bioregion and insert instead: Cadellia pentastylis (Ooline) community in the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2) (vii) Omit the matter relating to Carbeen Open Forest community in the Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions and insert instead: Carbeen Open Forest community in the Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2) (viii) Omit the matter relating to Coastal Cypress Pine Forest in the New South Wales North Coast Bioregion and insert instead: Coastal Cypress Pine Forest in the New South Wales North Coast Bioregion (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2) Page 2 C:\Docs\si\s2011-327\d05\s2011-NEW SOUTH WALES327EXN.fm GOVERNMENT 22/11/11, 06:49 GAZETTE pm No. 117 6802 LEGISLATION 2 December 2011 Notice of Determination (ix) Omit the matter relating to Coastal Saltmarsh in the New South Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions and insert instead: Coastal Saltmarsh in the New South Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2) (x) Omit the matter relating to Fuzzy Box Woodland on alluvial soils of the South Western Slopes, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions and insert instead: Fuzzy Box Woodland on alluvial soils of the South Western Slopes, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 of Part 2) (xi) Omit the matter relating to Halosarcia lylei low open-shrubland in the Murray Darling
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