Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747:reg:4:p38
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Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 38/80)
Character Range: 110501–117226

of development impact assessment processes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2029 and 2034
At least one trial is adopted for a biodiversity certificate scheme for land managers who effectively control feral cats at a site with significant value for cat-susceptible species.                                                                                                                                                                           2029 and 2034

Actions

      Table 3 Objective 1. Actions

Objective 1. Coordinate and enhance legislative, regulatory and planning frameworks  Relative priority                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Cost       Responsibility  Timelines
Legislation, regulation frameworks
1.1                                                                                  Enhance harmonisation across government legislation that identifies feral cats as a pest, requires feral cats to be controlled across different land tenures, and identifies control techniques that may be used, based on evidence of efficacy and risks, informed by guidance from on-ground land management agencies and relevant research.                                                                                                                                                             Very High  Low             Commonwealth, state and territory governments; relevant regulatory bodies (e.g. Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, ethics committees)  Starting immediately
                                                                                         * With due regard to ensuring appropriate risk assessment, consider mechanisms to accelerate regulatory assessments when abrupt changes in environmental conditions or knowledge require rapid management adaptation. For example, this includes upscaling toxic bait application after extensive, severe fire, or emergency toxic bait delivery after heavy rain in arid areas that leads to population booms in cat prey.
                                                                                         * Support land and conservation managers to be informed, compliant and knowledgeable about feral cat management legislative requirements and control tool availability and use requirements by ensuring public information on feral cat control options is clear, consistent and readily accessible through government channels.
1.2                                                                                  Enhance consistency across state and territory legislation for companion animals, including mandating the principles of responsible pet cat ownership, and enabling local governments to more easily set additional bylaws appropriate to their circumstances e.g. that allow them to designate cat-free suburbs.                                                                                                                                                                                          High       Low             State, territory and local governments                                                                                                                        Starting immediately
1.3                                                                                  Improve regulatory and policy settings to reduce pet cat impacts (see also Objective 9 for management actions):                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Very High  Medium          State, territory and local governments                                                                                                                        Starting immediately
                                                                                         * Where there are gaps in state/territory legislation, by introducing bylaws to require responsible pet cat ownership (registration, identification, desexing, household caps, containment).
                                                                                         * By applying conditions of cat prohibition in suburbs near areas with high biodiversity value.
1.4                                                                                  Harmonise relevant legislation or regulations across governments to prevent or reduce the likelihood of the introduction of cats to islands on which they are not currently present (linked to Actions 2.1 and 3.1; and Objective 5).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Very High  Low             Commonwealth, state, territory, and local governments                                                                                                         Starting immediately
1.5                                                                                  Amend policy that allows import of Bengal cats so as to disallow further importation without an application being made to amend the Live Import List and the conduct of an assessment of the potential impacts on the environment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Very High  Low             Commonwealth                                                                                                                                                  Starting immediately
                                                                                     Ensure that any requests to