Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000

i Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Act No. 10/2000 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1. Purpose 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Principal Act 2 4. Definitions 2 5. Consequential amendment to section 4 2 6. The Excluded List 2 7. The Processes List and Threatened List 3 8. Consequential Amendments 3 9. Minister's decision 4 10. Availability for inspection 4 11. Transitional provisions 4 12. Substitution of Schedules 5 __________________ SCHEDULES 7 SCHEDULE 1—Previously recommended taxa which may be included on the excluded list without further recommendation 7 SCHEDULE 2—Previously recommended taxa and communities which may be included on the threatened list without further recommendation 8 SCHEDULE 3—Previously recommended processes which may be included on the processes list without further recommendation 19 ═══════════════ NOTES 21 -- 1 of 22 -- 1 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 † [Assented to 18 April 2000] The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows: 1. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to amend the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 to make further provision for the making of Lists under the Act and to make other minor amendments to the Act. 2. Commencement (1) Section 1 and this section come into operation on the day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. Victoria No. 10 of 2000 -- 2 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 2 (2) Subject to sub-section (3), the remaining provisions of this Act come into operation on a day or days to be proclaimed. (3) If a provision referred to in sub-section (2) does not come into operation before 1 September 2000, it comes into operation on that day. 3. Principal Act In this Act the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 is called the Principal Act. 4. Definitions In section 3(1) of the Principal Act insert the following definitions— ' "Excluded List" means the list made under section 5(1); "Processes List" means the list made under section 10(2); "Threatened List" means the list made under section 10(1);'. 5. Consequential amendment to section 4 In section 4(1)(a) of the Principal Act, for "Schedule 1" substitute "the Excluded List". 6. The Excluded List In section 5 of the Principal Act, for sub-sections (1) and (2) substitute— "(1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, and by Order published in the Government Gazette No. 47/1988. Reprint No. 2 as at 6 March 1997. Further amended by Nos 92/1995, 41/1997, 39/1998, 46/1998, 52/1998, 76/1998 and 85/1998. s. 3 -- 3 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 3 specify, in a list, a taxon, the members of which constitute a serious threat to human welfare, and may amend the list or repeal the whole or any part of the list. (2) The Minister may make a recommendation under sub-section (1) only after considering a recommendation of the Committee.". 7. The Processes List and Threatened List In section 10 of the Principal Act, for sub-sections (1) to (5) substitute— "(1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, and by Order published in the Government Gazette specify, in a list, any taxon or community of flora and fauna which is threatened, and may amend the list or repeal the whole or any part of the list. (2) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, and by Order published in the Government Gazette specify, in a list, any potentially threatening process, and may amend the list or repeal the whole or any part of the list. (3) The Minister may make a recommendation under sub-section (1) or (2) only after considering a recommendation of the Committee.". 8. Consequential Amendments (1) In section 10(6) of the Principal Act for "Schedule 2 or 3" (wherever occurring) substitute "the Threatened List or the Processes List". (2) In section 12(1) of the Principal Act for "Schedule 2 or 3" substitute "the Threatened List or the Processes List". s. 7 -- 4 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 4 9. Minister's decision In section 16(1) of the Principal Act— (a) after "within 30 days" insert "of receiving the Committee's recommendation"; (b) for "Schedule 2 or 3" substitute "the Threatened List or the Processes List". 10. Availability for inspection After section 67(c) of the Principal Act insert— "(ca) the Excluded List, the Processes List and the Threatened List; and". 11. Transitional provisions After section 70 of the Principal Act insert— "71. Previously recommended matters may be included on lists without further recommendation (1) Upon the coming into operation of section 6 of the Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000, the Governor in Council may specify in the Excluded List any taxon set out in Schedule 1 without complying with section 5(2), (3), (4) and (5). (2) Upon the coming into operation of section 7 of the Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000, the Governor in Council may specify in the Threatened List any taxon or community set out in Schedule 2 without complying with section 10(3), (6) and (7) and section 16. (3) Upon the coming into operation of section 7 of the Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000, the Governor in Council may specify in the Processes List any process set out in Schedule 3 without s. 9 -- 5 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 5 complying with section 10(3), (6) and (7) and section 16. 72. Saving of action statements (1) If— (a) a taxon or community of flora and fauna was listed immediately before the commencement of section 12 of the Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000; and (b) that taxon or community is listed under section 10 on or after that commencement— any action statement in force in respect of that taxon or community immediately before that commencement is deemed to continue in force on and from the listing of that taxon or community after that commencement. (2) If— (a) a potentially threatening process was listed immediately before the commencement of section 12 of the Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000; and (b) that process is listed under section 10 on or after that commencement— any action statement in force in respect of that process immediately before that commencement is deemed to continue in force on and from the listing of that process after that commencement.". 12. Substitution of Schedules (1) For Schedule 1 to the Principal Act, substitute Schedule 1 to this Act. s. 12 -- 6 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 6 (2) For Schedule 2 to the Principal Act, substitute Schedule 2 to this Act. (3) For Schedule 3 to the Principal Act, substitute Schedule 3 to this Act. __________________ s. 12 -- 7 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 7 SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED TAXA WHICH MAY BE INCLUDED ON THE EXCLUDED LIST WITHOUT FURTHER RECOMMENDATION Human Disease organisms ————————— Sch. 1 -- 8 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 8 SCHEDULE 2 PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED TAXA AND COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY BE INCLUDED ON THE THREATENED LIST WITHOUT FURTHER RECOMMENDATION Taxa Abutilon fraseriDwarf Lantern-bush Acacia deanei ssp. deaneiDeane's Wattle Acacia enterocarpaJumping-jack Wattle Acacia glandulicarpaHairy-pod Wattle Acacia havilandiiNeedle Wattle Acacia maideniiMaiden's Wattle Acacia omalophyllaYarran Wattle Acacia pendulaWeeping Myall Acanthophis antarcticusDeath Adder Acrodipsas brisbanensisLarge Ant-blue Butterfly Acrodipsas myrmecophilaSmall Ant-blue Butterfly Adiantum capillus-venerisDainty Maidenhair Adiantum diaphanumFilmy Maidenhair Adriana quadripartitaRare Bitter-bush Aepyprymnus rufescensRufous Bettong Agrostis adamsoniiAdamson's Bent Agrostis billardierei var. filifoliaCoast Blown-grass Allocasuarina luehmanniiBuloke Almaleea capitataSlender Parrot-pea Ambassis agassiziiAgassiz's Chanda Perch Amphibromus pithogastrusSwollen Swamp Wallaby-grass Aprasia auritaLegless lizard Aprasia parapulchellaPink-tailed Worm-lizard Sch. 2 -- 9 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 9 Archaeophylax canarusCaddisfly Ardea albaGreat Egret Ardea intermediaIntermediate Egret Ardeotis australisAustralian Bustard Astelia australianaTall Astelia Asterolasia phebalioidesDowny Star-bush Australatya striolataEastern Freshwater Shrimp Austrogammarus australisFreshwater amphipod Austrogammarus haaseiAmphipod Balaenoptera musculusBlue Whale Ballantinia antipodaBallantinia Bettongia gaimardiTasmanian Bettong Bettongia penicillataBrush-tailed Bettong Bidyanus bidyanusSilver Perch Boronia galbraithiaeAniseed Boronia Boyra mirablisGrampians Pinchusion-lily Brachyscome muelleroidesMueller Daisy Brachyscome tenuiscapaMountain Daisy Bracteantha sp. aff. subundulataSwamp Everlasting Brunoniella pumilioDwarf Brunoniella Burhinus magnirostrisBush Thick-knee Burramys parvusMountain Pygmy-possum Cacatua leadbeateriMajor Mitchell Cockatoo Caladenia amoenaCharming Spider-orchid Caladenia audasiiAudas' Spider-orchid Caladenia calcicolaLimestone Spider-orchid Caladenia concolorMaroon Spider-orchid Caladenia formosaBlood-red Spider-orchid Caladenia fragrantissima ssp. orientalisCream Spider-orchid Caladenia fulvaTawny Spider-orchid Sch. 2 -- 10 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 10 Caladenia hastataMelblom's Spider-orchid Caladenia lowanensisWimmera Spider-orchid Caladenia magnificaMagnificent Spider-orchid Caladenia robinsoniiFrankston Spider-orchid Caladenia rosellaRosella Spider-orchid Caladenia thysanochilaFringed Spider-orchid Caladenia xanthochilaYellow-lip Spider-orchid Calochilus richiaeBald-tip Beard-orchid Calyptorhynchus lathami lathamiGlossy Black Cockatoo (eastern subspecies) Calyptorhynchus magnificusRed-tailed Black-Cockatoo Carex cephalotesWire-head Sedge Carex pauperaDwarf Sedge Carex tasmanicaCurly Sedge Cassinia rugataWrinkled Cassinia Casuarina obesaSwamp Sheoke Celmisia sericophyllaSilky Daisy Chaeropus ecaudatusPig-footed Bandicoot Charadrius rubricollisHooded Plover Chlamydera maculataSpotted Bowerbird Christella dentataBinung Climacteris affinisWhite-browed Treecreeper Comesperma polygaloidesSmall Milkwort Coturnix chinensisKing Quail Craterocephalus fluviatilisMurray Hardyhead Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum fulvusNon-specked Hardyhead Cryptostylis hunterianaLeafless Tongue Orchid Cyathea cunninghamiiSlender Tree-fern Cyathea leichhardtianaPrickly Tree-fern Cyclodomorphus michaeliEastern She-oak Skink Sch. 2 -- 11 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 11 Cyclodomorphus praealtusAlpine She-oak Skink Dasyornis brachypterusEastern Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbentiRufous Bristlebird Dasyurus maculatusTiger Quoll Dasyurus viverrinusEastern Quoll Delma imparStriped Legless Lizard Dendrobium speciosumRock Orchid Dipodium hamiltonianumYellow Hyacinth Orchid Discaria nitidaShining Anchor Plant Discaria pubescensHairy Anchor Plant Diuris cuneataWedge Diuris Diuris fragrantissimaSunshine Diuris Diuris punctataPurple Diuris Diuris sp. aff. lanceolataSmall Golden Moths Orchid Drabastrum alpestreMountain Cress Dysphania simulansSpiked Pigweed Echiopsis curtaBardick Edelia obscuraYarra Pigmy Perch Egernia multiscutataHeath Skink Egretta garzetta nigripesLittle Egret Engaeus mallacootaMallacoota Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus phyllocercusNarracan Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus sternalisWarragul Burrowing Crayfish Epilobium willisiiCarpet Willow-herb Eremophila bignoniifloraBignonia Emu-bush Eremophila sturtiiNarrow-leaf Emu-bush Eriocaulon australasicumSouthern Pipewort Euastacus diversusOrbost Crayfish Eubalaena australisSouthern Right Whale Eucalyptus aggregataBlack Gum Sch. 2 -- 12 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 12 Eucalyptus cadensWarby Swamp Gum Eucalyptus crenulataBuxton Gum Eucalyptus froggattiiKamarooka Mallee Eulamprus tympanum marnieaeCorangamite Water Skink Euphorbia planiticolaPlains Spurge Euphorbia tannensisDesert Spurge Euphrasia scabraRough Eyebright Falco hypoleucosGrey Falcon Furina diademaRed-naped Snake Galaxias cleaveriTasmanian Mudfish Galaxias olidus var. fuscusBrown Galaxias Galaxiella pusillaDwarf Galaxias Geijera parvifloraWilga Glycine canescensSilky Glycine Glycine latrobeanaClover Glycine Gobiomorphus coxiiCox's Gudgeon Goodenia macbarroniiNarrow Goodenia Grantiella pictaPainted Honeyeater Grevillea barklyanaGully Grevillea Grus rubicundusBrolga Gymnobelideus leadbeateriLeadbeater's Possum Haliaeetus leucogasterWhite-bellied Sea-eagle Halosarcia flabelliformisBeaded Glasswort Heleioporus australiacusGiant Burrowing Frog Helipterum strictumUpright Sunray Hemichroa diandraMallee Hemichroa Hemiergis millewaeMillewa Skink Hemiphlebia mirabilisHemiphlebia Damselfly Hibbertia humifusa new ssp. (North East)Guinea flower (North East) Hypseleotris compressusEmpire Gudgeon Sch. 2 -- 13 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 13 Isopogon prostratusProstrate Cone-bush Kelleria laxaDrapetes Lagorchestes leporidesEastern Hare-wallaby Lathamus discolorSwift Parrot Leipoa ocellataMalleefowl Lepidium aschersoniiSpiny Pepper-cress Lepidium hyssopifoliumSmall Pepper-cress Lepidium monoplocoidesWinged Pepper-cress Lepidium pseudopapillosumErect Pepper-cress Leporillus apicalisLesser Stick-nest Rat Leptorhynchos mediusAnnual Buttons Lichenostomus melanops cassidixHelmeted Honeyeater Limnodynastes interiorisGiant Bullfrog Litoria spenceriSpotted Tree Frog Lovettia sealiiTasmanian Whitebait Maccullochella macquariensisTrout Cod Maccullochella peeliiMurray Cod Macquaria australasicaMacquarie Perch Manorina melanotisBlack-eared Miner Megascolides australisGiant Gippsland Earthworm Melaleuca halmaturorumSalt Paperbark Melanotaenia fluviatilisMurray Rainbowfish Menkea crassaFat Spectacles Miniopterus schreibersiiCommon Bent-wing Bat Mixophyes balbusSouthern Barred Frog Mogurnda adspersaSouthern Purple-spotted Gudgeon Morelia spilotaCarpet and Diamond Pythons Myoporum floribundumSlender Myoporum Myrmecia sp. 17Bull-ant Nannoperca variegataEwens Pigmy Perch Sch. 2 -- 14 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 14 Neophema chrysogasterOrange-bellied Parrot Neophema pulchellaTurquoise Parrot Ninox connivensBarking Owl Ninox strenuaPowerful Owl Ogyris idmo halmaturiaLarge Brown Azure Butterfly Ogyris otanesSmall Brown Azure Butterfly Olearia astrolobaMarble Daisy-bush Olearia pannosa ssp. cardiophyllaVelvet Daisy-bush Onychogalea fraenataBridled Nailtail Wallaby Oxyura australisBlue-billed Duck Pachycephalus rufogularisRed-lored Whistler Paralucia pyrodiscus lucidaEltham Copper Butterfly Pedionomus torquatusPlains-wanderer Perameles bougainvilleWestern Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunniiEastern Barred Bandicoot Petaurus norfolcensisSquirrel Glider Petrogale penicillataBrush-tailed Rock-wallaby Pezoporus wallicusGround Parrot Phascogale caluraRed-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafaBrush-tailed Phascogale Phebalium obcordatumDainty Phebalium Phebalium wilsoniiShiny Phebalium Philoria frostiBaw Baw Frog Pimelea spinescensPlains Rice Flower Planigale gilesiPaucident Planigale Platydoris galbanaMarine opisthobranch Poa saxicolaRock Tussock-grass Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplusRegent Parrot (eastern subspecies) Polytelis swainsoniiSuperb Parrot Pomaderris cotoneasterCotoneaster Pomaderris Sch. 2 -- 15 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 15 Pomaderris sericeaBent Pomaderris Pomaderris subplicataConcave Pomaderris Pomatostomus temporalisGrey-crowned Babbler Potamalosa richmondiaFreshwater Herring Potorous longipesLong-footed Potoroo Prasophyllum chasmogamumSpreading Leek Orchid Prasophyllum diversiflorumGorae Leek-orchid Prasophyllum subbisectumPomonal Leek-orchid Prototroctes maraenaAustralian Grayling Pseudemoia cryodromaAlpine Bog Skink Pseudomys novaehollandiaeNew Holland Mouse Pseudomys shortridgeiHeath Rat Psophodes nigrogularis leucogasterWestern Whipbird Psoralea australasicaTall Psoralea Psoralea cinereaHoary Psoralea Psoralea parvaSmall Psoralea Psoralea patensSpreading Psoralea Psoralea tenaxTough Psoralea Pterostylis baptistiiKing Greenhood Pterostylis basalticaGreenhood Pterostylis cheraphilaFloodplain Rustyhood Pterostylis cucullataLeafy Greenhood Pterostylis despectansGreenhood Pterostylis truncataBrittle Greenhood Pterostylis woollsiiLong-tail Greenhood Pterostylis xerophilaDesert Greenhood Ptilotus erubescensHairy-tails Pultenaea graveolensScented Bush-pea Pygopus nigricepsHooded Scaly-foot Rhinolophus megaphyllusEastern Horseshoe-bat Sch. 2 -- 16 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 16 Rhodope genusMarine opisthobranch Rhynchoedura ornataBeaked Gecko Riekoperla darlingtoniMount Donna Buang Wingless Stonefly Riekoperla intermediaStonefly Riekoperla isoscelesStonefly Rulingia pannosaClustered Kerrawang Rulingia prostrataDwarf Kerrawang Rutidosis leptorrhynchoidesButton Wrinklewort Sambucus australasicaYellow Elderberry Santalum lanceolatumNorthern Sandalwood Sarcochilus falcatusOrange-blossom Orchid Sclerolaena napiformisTurnip Bassia Senecio behrianusStiff Groundsel Senecio macrocarpusLarge-fruit Groundsel Sphenomorphus kosciuskoiAlpine Water Skink Sterna albifronsLittle Tern Sterna nereis nereisFairy Tern Stictonetta naevosaFreckled Duck Stipiturus malleeMallee Emu-wren Swainsona brachycarpaSlender Swainson-pea Swainsona galegifoliaSmooth Darling-pea Swainsona murrayanaMurray Swainson-pea Swainsona plagiotropisRed Swainson-pea Swainsona purpureaPurple Swainson-pea Swainsona rectaMountain Swainson-pea Symplocus thwaitesiiBuff Hazelwood Synemon naisMoth Synemon planaGolden Sun Moth Synemon theresaMoth Tandanus tandanusFreshwater Catfish Sch. 2 -- 17 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 17 Taraxacum cygnorumCoast Dandelion Thaumatoperla alpinaStonefly Thaumatoperla flaveolaStonefly Thelymitra epipactoidesMetallic Sun-orchid Thelymitra matthewsiiSpiral Sun-orchid Thelymitra merraniaeMerran's Sun-orchid Thelypteris confluensSwamp Fern Thesium australeAustral Toad-flax Thismia rodwayiFairy Lanterns Thylogale billardieriiTasmanian Pademelon Trichanthodium baracchianumDwarf Gnephosis Tympanocryptis lineata lineataLined Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis lineata pinguicollaEarless dragon Tyto novaehollandiaeMasked Owl Tyto tenebricosaSooty Owl Vermicella annulataBandy Bandy Wahlenbergia densifoliaFairy Bluebell Westringia crassifoliaWhipstick Westringia Xanthomyza phrygiaRegent Honeyeater Zieria aspalathoidesWhorled Zieria Communities Alpine Bog Community Alpine Snowpatch Community Butterfly Community No. 1 Caltha introloba Herbland Community Central Gippsland Plains Grassland Community Cool Temperate Rainforest Dry Rainforest (Limestone) Community Sch. 2 -- 18 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 18 Fen (Bog Pool) Community Forest Red Gum Grassy Woodland Community Herb-rich Plains Grassy Wetland (West Gippsland) Community Limestone Pomaderris Shrubland Community Montane Swamp Complex Community Northern Plains Grassland Community Plains Grassland (South Gippsland) Community Red Gum Swamp Community No. 1 Rocky Chenopod Open-Scrub Community San Remo Marine Community Sedge-rich Eucalyptus camphora Swamp Community Warm Temperate Rainforest (Coastal East Gippsland) Community Warm Temperate Rainforest (Cool Temperate Overlap, Howe Range) Community Warm Temperate Rainforest (East Gippsland Alluvial Terraces) Community Warm Temperate Rainforest (Far East Gippsland) Community Western (Basalt) Plains Grassland Community ————————— Sch. 2 -- 19 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 19 SCHEDULE 3 PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED PROCESSES WHICH MAY BE INCLUDED ON THE PROCESSES LIST WITHOUT FURTHER RECOMMENDATION Alteration to the natural flow regimes of rivers and streams Alteration to the natural temperature regimes of rivers and streams Collection of native orchids Degradation of native riparian vegetation along Victorian rivers and streams Increase in sediment input into Victorian rivers and streams due to human activities Input of organotins to Victorian marine and estuarine waters Input of petroleum and related products into Victorian marine and estuarine environments Input of toxic substances into Victorian rivers and streams due to human activities Introduction and spread of Spartina to Victorian estuarine environments Introduction of live fish into waters outside their natural range within a Victorian river catchment after 1770 Invasion of native vegetation by environmental weeds Loss of hollow-bearing trees from Victorian native forests Predation of native wildlife by the cat Felis catus Predation of native wildlife by the introduced Red Fox Prevention of passage of aquatic biota as a result of the presence of instream structures Removal of wood debris from Victorian streams Soil and vegetation disturbance resulting from marble mining Soil erosion and vegetation damage and disturbance in the alpine regions of Victoria caused by cattle grazing Spread of Pittosporum undulatum in areas outside its natural range Sch. 3 -- 20 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 20 The introduction of exotic organisms into Victorian marine waters The use of lead shot in cartridges for the hunting of waterfowl Use of Phytophthora-infected gravel in construction of roads, bridges and reservoirs ═══════════════ Sch. 3 -- 21 of 22 -- Act No. 10/2000 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 21 NOTES † Minister's second reading speech— Legislative Council: 1 March 2000 Legislative Assembly: 21 March 2000 The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 with respect to the making of Lists and for other purposes." Notes -- 22 of 22 --