FLORA AND FAUNA GUARANTEE (AMENDMENT) BILL 2000
PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Act No. TABLE OF PROVISIONS Clause Page 1. Purpose 1 2. Commencement 2 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 6 __________________ 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 i 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA Initiated in Council 1 March 2000 A BILL to amend the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 with respect to the making of Lists and for other purposes. Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 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 5 and to make other minor amendments to the Act. 1 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 s. 2 6 Act No. 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. 5 (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, 10 it comes into operation on that day. No. 47/1988. 3. Principal Act Reprint No. 2 In this Act the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act as at 6 March 1997. 1988 is called the Principal Act. Further amended by Nos 92/1995, 41/1997, 39/1998, 46/1998, 52/1998, 76/1998 and 85/1998. 4. Definitions 15 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 20 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 25 "Schedule 1" substitute "the Excluded List". 6. The Excluded List 2 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 s. 8 Act No. 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 5 Order published in the Government Gazette 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. 10 (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 15 (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 20 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 25 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 30 under sub-section (1) or (2) only after considering a recommendation of the Committee.". 8. Consequential Amendments 3 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Act No. (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 5 2 or 3" substitute "the Threatened List or the Processes List". 9. Minister's decision In section 16(1) of the Principal Act-- (a) after "within 30 days" insert "of receiving 10 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-- 15 "(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 20 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 25 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 30 (Amendment) Act 2000, the Governor in Council may specify in the Threatened List any taxon or community set out in 4 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 s. 11 Act No. 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 5 (Amendment) Act 2000, the Governor in Council may specify in the Processes List any process set out in Schedule 3 without complying with section 10(3), (6) and (7) and section 16. 10 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 15 Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000; and (b) that taxon or community is listed under section 10 on or after that commencement-- 20 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. 25 (2) If-- (a) a potentially threatening process was listed immediately before the commencement of section 12 of the Flora and Fauna Guarantee 30 (Amendment) Act 2000; and (b) that process is listed under section 10 on or after that commencement-- 5 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 s. 12 Act No. 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 5 after that commencement.". 12. Substitution of Schedules (1) For Schedule 1 to the Principal Act, substitute Schedule 1 to this Act. (2) For Schedule 2 to the Principal Act, substitute 10 Schedule 2 to this Act. (3) For Schedule 3 to the Principal Act, substitute Schedule 3 to this Act. __________________ 6 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 1 Act No. SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED TAXA WHICH MAY BE INCLUDED ON THE EXCLUDED LIST WITHOUT FURTHER 5 RECOMMENDATION Human Disease organisms ------------------ 7 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 2 Act No. SCHEDULE 2 PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED TAXA AND COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY BE INCLUDED ON THE THREATENED LIST WITHOUT FURTHER RECOMMENDATION 5 Taxa Abutilon fraseriDwarf Lantern-bush Acacia deanei ssp. deaneiDeane's Wattle Acacia enterocarpaJumping-jack Wattle Acacia glandulicarpaHairy-pod Wattle 10 Acacia havilandiiNeedle Wattle Acacia maideniiMaiden's Wattle Acacia omalophyllaYarran Wattle Acacia pendulaWeeping Myall Acanthophis antarcticusDeath Adder 15 Acrodipsas brisbanensisLarge Ant-blue Butterfly Acrodipsas myrmecophilaSmall Ant-blue Butterfly Adiantum capillus-venerisDainty Maidenhair Adiantum diaphanumFilmy Maidenhair Adriana quadripartitaRare Bitter-bush 20 Aepyprymnus rufescensRufous Bettong Agrostis adamsoniiAdamson's Bent Agrostis billardierei var. filifoliaCoast Blown-grass Allocasuarina luehmanniiBuloke Almaleea capitataSlender Parrot-pea 25 Ambassis agassiziiAgassiz's Chanda Perch Amphibromus pithogastrusSwollen Swamp Wallaby-grass Aprasia auritaLegless lizard Aprasia parapulchellaPink-tailed Worm-lizard 8 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 2 Act No. Archaeophylax canarusCaddisfly Ardea albaGreat Egret Ardea intermediaIntermediate Egret Ardeotis australisAustralian Bustard 5 Astelia australianaTall Astelia Asterolasia phebalioidesDowny Star-bush Australatya striolataEastern Freshwater Shrimp Austrogammarus australisFreshwater amphipod Austrogammarus haaseiAmphipod 10 Balaenoptera musculusBlue Whale Ballantinia antipodaBallantinia Bettongia gaimardiTasmanian Bettong Bettongia penicillataBrush-tailed Bettong Bidyanus bidyanusSilver Perch 15 Boronia galbraithiaeAniseed Boronia Boyra mirablisGrampians Pinchusion-lily Brachyscome muelleroidesMueller Daisy Brachyscome tenuiscapaMountain Daisy Bracteantha sp. aff. subundulataSwamp Everlasting 20 Brunoniella pumilioDwarf Brunoniella Burhinus magnirostrisBush Thick-knee Burramys parvusMountain Pygmy-possum Cacatua leadbeateriMajor Mitchell Cockatoo Caladenia amoenaCharming Spider-orchid 25 Caladenia audasiiAudas' Spider-orchid Caladenia calcicolaLimestone Spider-orchid Caladenia concolorMaroon Spider-orchid Caladenia formosaBlood-red Spider-orchid Caladenia fragrantissima ssp. orientalisCream Spider-orchid 30 Caladenia fulvaTawny Spider-orchid 9 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 2 Act No. Caladenia hastataMelblom's Spider-orchid Caladenia lowanensisWimmera Spider-orchid Caladenia magnificaMagnificent Spider-orchid Caladenia robinsoniiFrankston Spider-orchid 5 Caladenia rosellaRosella Spider-orchid Caladenia thysanochilaFringed Spider-orchid Caladenia xanthochilaYellow-lip Spider-orchid Calochilus richiaeBald-tip Beard-orchid Calyptorhynchus lathami lathamiGlossy Black Cockatoo (eastern 10 subspecies) Calyptorhynchus magnificusRed-tailed Black-Cockatoo Carex cephalotesWire-head Sedge Carex pauperaDwarf Sedge Carex tasmanicaCurly Sedge 15 Cassinia rugataWrinkled Cassinia Casuarina obesaSwamp Sheoke Celmisia sericophyllaSilky Daisy Chaeropus ecaudatusPig-footed Bandicoot Charadrius rubricollisHooded Plover 20 Chlamydera maculataSpotted Bowerbird Christella dentataBinung Climacteris affinisWhite-browed Treecreeper Comesperma polygaloidesSmall Milkwort Coturnix chinensisKing Quail 25 Craterocephalus fluviatilisMurray Hardyhead Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum fulvusNon-specked Hardyhead Cryptostylis hunterianaLeafless Tongue Orchid Cyathea cunninghamiiSlender Tree-fern Cyathea leichhardtianaPrickly Tree-fern 30 Cyclodomorphus michaeliEastern She-oak Skink 10 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 2 Act No. Cyclodomorphus praealtusAlpine She-oak Skink Dasyornis brachypterusEastern Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbentiRufous Bristlebird Dasyurus maculatusTiger Quoll 5 Dasyurus viverrinusEastern Quoll Delma imparStriped Legless Lizard Dendrobium speciosumRock Orchid Dipodium hamiltonianumYellow Hyacinth Orchid Discaria nitidaShining Anchor Plant 10 Discaria pubescensHairy Anchor Plant Diuris cuneataWedge Diuris Diuris fragrantissimaSunshine Diuris Diuris punctataPurple Diuris Diuris sp. aff. lanceolataSmall Golden Moths Orchid 15 Drabastrum alpestreMountain Cress Dysphania simulansSpiked Pigweed Echiopsis curtaBardick Edelia obscuraYarra Pigmy Perch Egernia multiscutataHeath Skink 20 Egretta garzetta nigripesLittle Egret Engaeus mallacootaMallacoota Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus phyllocercusNarracan Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus sternalisWarragul Burrowing Crayfish Epilobium willisiiCarpet Willow-herb 25 Eremophila bignoniifloraBignonia Emu-bush Eremophila sturtiiNarrow-leaf Emu-bush Eriocaulon australasicumSouthern Pipewort Euastacus diversusOrbost Crayfish Eubalaena australisSouthern Right Whale 30 Eucalyptus aggregataBlack Gum 11 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 2 Act No. Eucalyptus cadensWarby Swamp Gum Eucalyptus crenulataBuxton Gum Eucalyptus froggattiiKamarooka Mallee Eulamprus tympanum marnieaeCorangamite Water Skink 5 Euphorbia planiticolaPlains Spurge Euphorbia tannensisDesert Spurge Euphrasia scabraRough Eyebright Falco hypoleucosGrey Falcon Furina diademaRed-naped Snake 10 Galaxias cleaveriTasmanian Mudfish Galaxias olidus var. fuscusBrown Galaxias Galaxiella pusillaDwarf Galaxias Geijera parvifloraWilga Glycine canescensSilky Glycine 15 Glycine latrobeanaClover Glycine Gobiomorphus coxiiCox's Gudgeon Goodenia macbarroniiNarrow Goodenia Grantiella pictaPainted Honeyeater Grevillea barklyanaGully Grevillea 20 Grus rubicundusBrolga Gymnobelideus leadbeateriLeadbeater's Possum Haliaeetus leucogasterWhite-bellied Sea-eagle Halosarcia flabelliformisBeaded Glasswort Heleioporus australiacusGiant Burrowing Frog 25 Helipterum strictumUpright Sunray Hemichroa diandraMallee Hemichroa Hemiergis millewaeMillewa Skink Hemiphlebia mirabilisHemiphlebia Damselfly Hibbertia humifusa new ssp. (North East)Guinea flower (North East) 30 Hypseleotris compressusEmpire Gudgeon 12 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 2 Act No. Isopogon prostratusProstrate Cone-bush Kelleria laxaDrapetes Lagorchestes leporidesEastern Hare-wallaby Lathamus discolorSwift Parrot 5 Leipoa ocellataMalleefowl Lepidium aschersoniiSpiny Pepper-cress Lepidium hyssopifoliumSmall Pepper-cress Lepidium monoplocoidesWinged Pepper-cress Lepidium pseudopapillosumErect Pepper-cress 10 Leporillus apicalisLesser Stick-nest Rat Leptorhynchos mediusAnnual Buttons Lichenostomus melanops cassidixHelmeted Honeyeater Limnodynastes interiorisGiant Bullfrog Litoria spenceriSpotted Tree Frog 15 Lovettia sealiiTasmanian Whitebait Maccullochella macquariensisTrout Cod Maccullochella peeliiMurray Cod Macquaria australasicaMacquarie Perch Manorina melanotisBlack-eared Miner 20 Megascolides australisGiant Gippsland Earthworm Melaleuca halmaturorumSalt Paperbark Melanotaenia fluviatilisMurray Rainbowfish Menkea crassaFat Spectacles Miniopterus schreibersiiCommon Bent-wing Bat 25 Mixophyes balbusSouthern Barred Frog Mogurnda adspersaSouthern Purple-spotted Gudgeon Morelia spilotaCarpet and Diamond Pythons Myoporum floribundumSlender Myoporum Myrmecia sp. 17Bull-ant 30 Nannoperca variegataEwens Pigmy Perch 13 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 2 Act No. Neophema chrysogasterOrange-bellied Parrot Neophema pulchellaTurquoise Parrot Ninox connivensBarking Owl Ninox strenuaPowerful Owl 5 Ogyris idmo halmaturiaLarge Brown Azure Butterfly Ogyris otanesSmall Brown Azure Butterfly Olearia astrolobaMarble Daisy-bush Olearia pannosa ssp. cardiophyllaVelvet Daisy-bush Onychogalea fraenataBridled Nailtail Wallaby 10 Oxyura australisBlue-billed Duck Pachycephalus rufogularisRed-lored Whistler Paralucia pyrodiscus lucidaEltham Copper Butterfly Pedionomus torquatusPlains-wanderer Perameles bougainvilleWestern Barred Bandicoot 15 Perameles gunniiEastern Barred Bandicoot Petaurus norfolcensisSquirrel Glider Petrogale penicillataBrush-tailed Rock-wallaby Pezoporus wallicusGround Parrot Phascogale caluraRed-tailed Phascogale 20 Phascogale tapoatafaBrush-tailed Phascogale Phebalium obcordatumDainty Phebalium Phebalium wilsoniiShiny Phebalium Philoria frostiBaw Baw Frog Pimelea spinescensPlains Rice Flower 25 Planigale gilesiPaucident Planigale Platydoris galbanaMarine opisthobranch Poa saxicolaRock Tussock-grass Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplusRegent Parrot (eastern subspecies) Polytelis swainsoniiSuperb Parrot 30 Pomaderris cotoneasterCotoneaster Pomaderris 14 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 2 Act No. Pomaderris sericeaBent Pomaderris Pomaderris subplicataConcave Pomaderris Pomatostomus temporalisGrey-crowned Babbler Potamalosa richmondiaFreshwater Herring 5 Potorous longipesLong-footed Potoroo Prasophyllum chasmogamumSpreading Leek Orchid Prasophyllum diversiflorumGorae Leek-orchid Prasophyllum subbisectumPomonal Leek-orchid Prototroctes maraenaAustralian Grayling 10 Pseudemoia cryodromaAlpine Bog Skink Pseudomys novaehollandiaeNew Holland Mouse Pseudomys shortridgeiHeath Rat Psophodes nigrogularis leucogasterWestern Whipbird Psoralea australasicaTall Psoralea 15 Psoralea cinereaHoary Psoralea Psoralea parvaSmall Psoralea Psoralea patensSpreading Psoralea Psoralea tenaxTough Psoralea Pterostylis baptistiiKing Greenhood 20 Pterostylis basalticaGreenhood Pterostylis cheraphilaFloodplain Rustyhood Pterostylis cucullataLeafy Greenhood Pterostylis despectansGreenhood Pterostylis truncataBrittle Greenhood 25 Pterostylis woollsiiLong-tail Greenhood Pterostylis xerophilaDesert Greenhood Ptilotus erubescensHairy-tails Pultenaea graveolensScented Bush-pea Pygopus nigricepsHooded Scaly-foot 30 Rhinolophus megaphyllusEastern Horseshoe-bat 15 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 2 Act No. Rhodope genusMarine opisthobranch Rhynchoedura ornataBeaked Gecko Riekoperla darlingtoniMount Donna Buang Wingless Stonefly Riekoperla intermediaStonefly 5 Riekoperla isoscelesStonefly Rulingia pannosaClustered Kerrawang Rulingia prostrataDwarf Kerrawang Rutidosis leptorrhynchoidesButton Wrinklewort Sambucus australasicaYellow Elderberry 10 Santalum lanceolatumNorthern Sandalwood Sarcochilus falcatusOrange-blossom Orchid Sclerolaena napiformisTurnip Bassia Senecio behrianusStiff Groundsel Senecio macrocarpusLarge-fruit Groundsel 15 Sphenomorphus kosciuskoiAlpine Water Skink Sterna albifronsLittle Tern Sterna nereis nereisFairy Tern Stictonetta naevosaFreckled Duck Stipiturus malleeMallee Emu-wren 20 Swainsona brachycarpaSlender Swainson-pea Swainsona galegifoliaSmooth Darling-pea Swainsona murrayanaMurray Swainson-pea Swainsona plagiotropisRed Swainson-pea Swainsona purpureaPurple Swainson-pea 25 Swainsona rectaMountain Swainson-pea Symplocus thwaitesiiBuff Hazelwood Synemon naisMoth Synemon planaGolden Sun Moth Synemon theresaMoth 30 Tandanus tandanusFreshwater Catfish 16 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 2 Act No. Taraxacum cygnorumCoast Dandelion Thaumatoperla alpinaStonefly Thaumatoperla flaveolaStonefly Thelymitra epipactoidesMetallic Sun-orchid 5 Thelymitra matthewsiiSpiral Sun-orchid Thelymitra merraniaeMerran's Sun-orchid Thelypteris confluensSwamp Fern Thesium australeAustral Toad-flax Thismia rodwayiFairy Lanterns 10 Thylogale billardieriiTasmanian Pademelon Trichanthodium baracchianumDwarf Gnephosis Tympanocryptis lineata lineataLined Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis lineata pinguicollaEarless dragon Tyto novaehollandiaeMasked Owl 15 Tyto tenebricosaSooty Owl Vermicella annulataBandy Bandy Wahlenbergia densifoliaFairy Bluebell Westringia crassifoliaWhipstick Westringia Xanthomyza phrygiaRegent Honeyeater 20 Zieria aspalathoidesWhorled Zieria Communities Alpine Bog Community Alpine Snowpatch Community Butterfly Community No. 1 25 Caltha introloba Herbland Community Central Gippsland Plains Grassland Community Cool Temperate Rainforest Dry Rainforest (Limestone) Community 17 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 2 Act No. Fen (Bog Pool) Community Forest Red Gum Grassy Woodland Community Herb-rich Plains Grassy Wetland (West Gippsland) Community Limestone Pomaderris Shrubland Community 5 Montane Swamp Complex Community Northern Plains Grassland Community Plains Grassland (South Gippsland) Community Red Gum Swamp Community No. 1 Rocky Chenopod Open-Scrub Community 10 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 15 Warm Temperate Rainforest (East Gippsland Alluvial Terraces) Community Warm Temperate Rainforest (Far East Gippsland) Community Western (Basalt) Plains Grassland Community ------------------ 18 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 3 Act No. SCHEDULE 3 PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED PROCESSES WHICH MAY BE INCLUDED ON THE PROCESSES LIST WITHOUT FURTHER RECOMMENDATION 5 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 10 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 15 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 20 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 25 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 19 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Sch. 3 Act No. 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 5 20 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000
Flora and Fauna Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2000 Notes Act No. NOTES By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria. 21 541034B.I1-2/3/2000 BILL LC CIRCULATION 2/3/2000