Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 - SECT 69

Regulations

69. Regulations



(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to the
following matters-

   (a)  forms for the purposes of this Act;

   (b)  criteria for the listing of taxa, communities or potentially
        threatening processes;

   (c)  information to be included in nominations;

   (d)  the method of giving notice of the making of an interim conservation
        order;

   (e)  the taking, trading in, keeping, moving or processing of flora;

   (f)  the releasing or abandoning of flora;

   (g)  the marking of flora and fauna;

   (h)  the records to be kept by persons holding licences and permits under
        this Act and the methods of keeping those records and the
        circumstances in which they must be produced;

        (i)    fees to be paid for licences or permits issued under this Act
               or applications made under this Act and royalties to be paid
               for the taking of flora;

   (j)  the procedure to be followed by authorised officers in exercising
        their powers under this Act;

   (k)  the circumstances in which specimens of flora or fauna must be given
        and the nature and condition of those specimens;





   (l)  generally prescribing any other matter or thing required or permitted
        by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give
        effect to this Act.

(2) Regulations-

   (a)  may be of general or limited application; and

   (b)  may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstances;
        and

   (c)  may leave any matter to be approved or determined by the Secretary, or
        an authorised officer; and

   (d)  may impose penalties not exceeding 5 penalty units for contravention
        of the regulations.

(3) Regulations made under this section may be disallowed, in whole or in
part, by resolution of either House of Parliament in accordance with the
requirements of section 6(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1962.

(4) Disallowance of a regulation under subsection (3) must be taken to be
disallowance by Parliament for the purposes of the Subordinate Legislation Act
1962.

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