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 Act 1995, the Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001 and the animal and plant provisions of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. It supersedes the "Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995", and commenced on 25 August 2017.
The purpose of the Act was to effect biodiversity reform in New South Wales, in particular to provide better environmental outcomes and reduce burdensome regulations. The Act lists many more purposes under the rubric of "ecologically sustainable development" than the former Act, and specifically mentions "biodiversity conservation in the context of a changing climate". Species, populations, and ecological communities are declared endangered on advice from the Threatened Species Scientific Committee established by Division 7 of Part 4.
Under the "Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016", the Scientific Committee has declared various threatened species including the alpine she-oak skink ("Cyclodomorphus praealtus") and the alpine tree frog ("Litoria verreauxii alpina"), while the Scientific Committee has determined "Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub" to be a critically endangered ecological community.
The main functions of the Threatened Species Scientific Committee include:
 and since mid-2019, the BC Act is administered by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.