1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Vegetation Management (Regional Ecosystems) Amendment Regulation 2022.2CommencementThis regulation commences on 7 September 2022.3Regulation amendedThis regulation amends the Vegetation Management Regulation 2012.4Amendment of sch 2 (Of concern regional ecosystems)(1)Schedule 2, part 5, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 10.3.20 and 10.3.21—omit.(2)Schedule 2, part 6—insert—Semi-evergreen vine thicket on limestone rock outcrops9.11.8(3)Schedule 2, part 7, entry for regional ecosystem number 2.3.19—omit.(4)Schedule 2, part 7—insert—Grevillea striata ± Atalaya hemiglauca low woodland on deflated coastal dunes2.2.8Lakes with a fringe of Eucalyptus microtheca, E. camaldulensis and Excoecaria parvifolia on lateritic plateau surfaces in the Donors Plateau subregion2.3.73Triodia pungens hummock grassland on waning slopes of clayey sandstone and siltstone around margins of Tertiary lateritic surfaces2.5.42Eriachne spp., Aristida latifolia ± Chrysopogon fallax tussock grassland on outwash deposits of eroded lateritic material2.5.43Eucalyptus persistens, Corymbia trachyphloia, E. exilipes and C. citriodora in mixed woodlands on exposed ferricrete on Mesozoic sandstone plateau margins2.7.12Flats of exposed, lateritised Tertiary sandstone, commonly adjacent to rivers2.7.18Petalostigma banksii ± Gardenia vilhelmii tall shrubland ± emergent Eucalyptus persistens, Melaleuca citrolens on sandstone hillslopes and colluvial deposits2.7.20Eucalyptus chlorophylla ± Corymbia confertiflora, Erythrophleum chlorostachys, C. polycarpa woodland on silicified conglomerate low hills2.7.21Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia terminalis, C. erythrophloia, C. dallachiana ± E. chlorophylla, E. microneura woodland on undulating rises and lowlands on Cretaceous mudstone2.9.10Rock pavements and outcrops with patches of Acacia spp., Corymbia spp. and Eucalyptus spp. in dissected Mesozoic sandstone ranges2.10.9Triodia spp. grassland on slopes or crests of Mesozoic sandstone ranges2.10.11Acacia orthocarpa, A. stipuligera, Jacksonia ramosissima, Petalostigma banksii and Grevillea spp. in mixed shrublands on Mesozoic sandstone ranges2.10.12Acacia leptostachya and/or Acacia julifera subsp. julifera ± Corymbia spp. and/or Eucalyptus spp. low woodland on Mesozoic sandstone outcrops2.10.14Corymbia capricornia or C. confertiflora low open woodland on isolated rocky metamorphic hills2.11.25Amendment of sch 3 (Least concern regional ecosystems)(1)Schedule 3, part 5, entry for regional ecosystem number 10.3.2—omit.(2)Schedule 3, part 6, entry for regional ecosystem number 9.11.8—omit.(3)Schedule 3, part 7—insert—Eucalyptus tectifica ± Corymbia confertiflora woodland on old alluvial plains2.3.19Melaleuca citrolens low open woodland on breakaways and outcrops of exposed ferricrete on erosional surfaces2.7.8Eucalyptus provecta low woodland on footslopes, flats and low rises of lateritised mudstone2.7.9Melaleuca foliolosa ± Macropteranthes montana, Acacia shirleyi, Eucalyptus provecta, Corymbia gilbertensis tall shrubland to low open forest on low rises, breakaways and stripped surfaces on lateritised Cretaceous mudstone2.7.10Corymbia gilbertensis, Acacia meiosperma, Cochlospermum gregorii, Melaleuca viridiflora, A. leptostachya in mixed woodlands to shrublands on lateritised Tertiary sandstone hills2.7.11Calytrix leptophylla open heath ± emergent Petalostigma banksii, Eucalyptus microneura and E. chartaboma on ferricrete outcrops within undulating Tertiary sand sheets2.7.13Corymbia capricornia and/or Eucalyptus miniata low open woodland on margins of broad, Tertiary lateritic surfaces2.7.14Melaleuca citrolens, Eucalyptus pruinosa subsp. pruinosa, Petalostigma banksii and M. viridiflora in mixed low woodlands on Tertiary lateritic plateau surfaces2.7.15Acacia meiosperma ± Cochlospermum gregorii, Acacia shirleyi, Corymbia pocillum, Calytrix leptophylla shrubland on lateritic breakaways2.7.16Micromyrtus forsteri and/or Calytrix leptophylla open shrubland ± emergent Acacia shirleyi, Corymbia serendipita, A. meiosperma on lateritised Tertiary sandstone hills2.7.17Triodia spp. hummock grassland ± emergent Eucalyptus spp., Melaleuca spp., Corymbia spp. on slopes and crests of lateritised sandstone and mudstone2.7.19Eucalyptus microneura ± Terminalia spp., Grevillea striata woodland on Cretaceous mudstone plains and hillslopes2.9.8Lysiphyllum cunninghamii, Ventilago viminalis, Atalaya hemiglauca, Corymbia terminalis in mixed low woodlands on plains and low rises of Cretaceous mudstone2.9.9Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia setosa, C. leichhardtii and E. whitei in mixed woodlands on stripped surfaces and low rises on Mesozoic sandstone plateaus2.10.10Eucalyptus crebra or E. whitei low open woodland on slopes of sandstone ranges2.10.136Amendment of sch 4 (Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, schedule)Schedule 4, part 7—insert—Triodia spp. grassland on slopes or crests of Mesozoic sandstone ranges2.10.11Triodia pungens hummock grassland on waning slopes of clayey sandstone and siltstone around margins of Tertiary lateritic surfaces2.5.42Eriachne spp., Aristida latifolia ± Chrysopogon fallax tussock grassland on outwash deposits of eroded lateritic material2.5.437Amendment of sch 5 (Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, section 8)Schedule 5, part 6—insert—Eriachne spp., Aristida latifolia ± Chrysopogon fallax tussock grassland on outwash deposits of eroded lateritic material2.5.438Amendment of sch 8 (Dictionary)Schedule 8—insert—ferricrete means the soil profile referred to, and described as, ferricrete in the document called ‘Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook’, 3rd edition, published by the CSIRO for the National Committee on Soil and Terrain.footslope means the landform referred to, and described, as footslope in the document called ‘Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook’, third edition, published by the CSIRO for the National Committee on Soil and Terrain.