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The ''Wildlife Conservation Act 1950'' is an act of the
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that provides the statute relating to conservation and legal protection of
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It was replaced by the ''
Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (WA) The ''Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016'' is a state-based act of parliament in Western Australia (WA). It came into force on 1 January 2019. This Act 2016 and its Regulations replace the '' Sandalwood Act 1929'' and the ''Wildlife Conservati ...
'' on 3 December 2016, and finally repealed as of 1 January 2019 when the ''Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016'' and the ''Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2018'' became current. The Act was supplemented periodically by Notices, which are lists of species subject to protection under the Act, for example the Wildlife Conservation (Specially Protected Fauna) Notice 2008(2). The lists are arranged in Schedules according to level of vulnerability. Schedule 1 is "Fauna that is rare or is likely to become extinct" or "Extant
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taxa"; Schedule 2 is "Fauna presumed to be extinct" or
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"Taxa presumed to be extinct".


See also

*''
Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW) The ''Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016'' (''BC Act'') is a state-based act of parliament in New South Wales (NSW). Its long title is ''An Act relating to the conservation of biodiversity; and to repeal the Threatened Species Conservation Ac ...
'' *
Declared Rare and Priority Flora List The Declared Rare and Priority Flora List is the system by which Western Australia's conservation flora are given a priority. Developed by the Government of Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation, it was used extensively wi ...
*
Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia) The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) was a department of the Government of Western Australia that was responsible for implementing the state's conservation and environment legislation and regulations. It was formed on 1 July 2006 ...
* ''
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 The ''Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999'' (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and cult ...
'', federal legislation * ''
Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 The ''Threatened Species Protection Act 1995'' (TSP Act), is an act of the Parliament of Tasmania that provides the statute relating to conservation of flora and fauna. Its long title is An Act to provide for the protection and management of th ...
'', Tasmanian legislation


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