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Biodiversity Conservation Bill 2016 and Local Land Services Amendment Bill 2016

Biodiversity Conservation Bill 2016 and Local Land Services Amendment Bill 2016

Advice on legislation or legal policy issues contained in this paper is provided for use in parliamentary debate and for related parliamentary purposes. This paper is not professional legal opinion.
Issues Backgrounder 3/2016 by Laura Ismay

​On 3 May 2016, the NSW Government released a draft Biodiversity Conservation Bill 2016, draft Local Land Services Amendment Bill 2016 and supporting products for public exhibition. The Government aims to introduce this legislation in October 2016, with the legislation to commence in two stages in 2017 if passed by Parliament. These Bills follow on from the final report of the Independent Biodiversity Legislation Review Panel.

This Issues Backgrounder is an introduction to key sources and debates on this reform package, including government publications as well as media and stakeholder commentary. For further information on threatened species legislation, see the Research Service e-brief: Threatened species legislation in NSW: a recent history.

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.