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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

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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

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Victoria

No. 10 of 2000

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.

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(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.

No. 47/1988.	3. Principal Act
Reprint No. 2
as at
6 March 1997.	In this Act the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act
Further	1988 is called the Principal Act.
amended by Nos 92/1995, 41/1997,
39/1998, 46/1998, 52/1998, 76/1998 and
85/1998.

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

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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 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 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".

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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 any taxon set out in Schedule 1 without complying with section 5(2), (3), (4) and (5).

(Amendment) Act 2000, the Governor in

(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 any process set out in Schedule 3 without

(Amendment) Act 2000, the Governor in

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complying with section 10(3), (6) and (7)

and section 16.

72. Saving of action statements

(1) If—

(a) fauna was listed immediately before the
commencement of section 12 of the

a taxon or community of flora and (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) listed immediately before the
commencement of section 12 of the

a potentially threatening process was (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.

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(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.

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1

PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED TAXA WHICH MAY BE
INCLUDED ON THE EXCLUDED LIST WITHOUT FURTHER

RECOMMENDATION

Human Disease organisms

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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NOTES

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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."