Year
2016
Jurisdiction
New South Wales
Summary
The purpose of this Act is to repeal the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, the Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001 and parts of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 to facilitate sustainable development and biodiversity conservation in New South Wales.
The Act provides Aboriginal people with defences to prosecution for domestic use of plants and animals.
For further information please see the Explanatory Statement and the Second Reading Speech from the Legislative Council.