Version No. 042 Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 No. 47 of 1988 Version incorporating amendments as at 1 December 2013 The Parliament of enacts as follows: 1 Purpose The purpose of this Act is to establish a legal and administrative structure to enable and promote the conservation of 's native flora and fauna and to provide for a choice of procedures which can be used for the conservation, management or control of flora and fauna and the management of potentially threatening processes. 2 Commencement (1) Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11 and 69 come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. (2) The remaining provisions of this Act come into operation on a day to be proclaimed. 3 Definitions (1) In this Act— S. 3(1) def. of Appeals Tribunal repealed by No. 52/1998 s. 311(Sch. 1 item 31.1(a)). * * * * * amendment includes addition, deletion or substitution;
S. 3(1) def. of Tribunal inserted by No. 52/1998 s. 311(Sch. 1 item 31.1(b)). Tribunal means Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998; use in relation to land includes use or proposed use for the purpose for which the land has been or is being or may be developed; S. 3(1) def. of Victorian Catchment and Land Protection Council inserted by No. 52/1994 s. 97(Sch. 3 item 12.3), repealed by No. 39/1998 s. 14(1)(b). * * * * * s. 3 S. 3(1) def. of Victorian Catchment Management Council inserted by No. 39/1998 s. 14(1)(a). Victorian Catchment Management Council means the Victorian Catchment Management Council established under Part 2 of the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994; water manager means a person who manages or controls water; wild means in an independent unpossessed or natural state and not in an intentionally cultivated or domesticated or captive state, regardless of the location or land tenure; works in relation to land includes any change to the natural or existing condition or topography of the land including the removal, destruction or lopping of trees and the removal of vegetation or topsoil.
(5) After considering the Committee's recommendation the Minister may decide whether or not to recommend to the Governor in Council that the addition, amendment or repeal be made and the Minister must publish reasons for that decision in the Government Gazette and in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State. 6 Crown to be bound s. 6 This Act binds the Crown, not only in right of the State of but also, so far as the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Crown in all its other capacities. _______________ 7 Functions of the Secretary s. 7 S. 7(1) amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(b)(i). (1) The Secretary must administer this Act in such a way as to promote the flora and fauna conservation and management objectives. S. 7(2) amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(b)(i)(ii). (2) If the Secretary is of the opinion that action taken or to be taken by a public authority is likely to threaten the survival of a listed taxon or community of flora or fauna or a critical habitat the Secretary may require the public authority to consult with the Secretary either before the action starts, or if the action has already started within 15 days of the request being made. S. 7(3) amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(b)(i). (3) The Secretary may give grants and other incentives to encourage the achievement of the flora and fauna conservation and management objectives. 8 The Scientific Advisory Committee
S. 9(2) amended by Nos 52/1994 s. 97(Sch. 3 items 12.3, 12.4), 76/1998 s. 9(c), 39/1998 s. 14(2)(b)(i)(ii). (2) The Conservation Advisory Committee, the Victorian Catchment Management Council and each Catchment Management Authority may provide advice to the Secretary on any matter arising from the administration of this Act for which the Secretary has responsibility. _______________ 10 The list s. 10 S. 10(1) substituted by No. 10/2000 s. 7. (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. S. 10(2) substituted by No. 10/2000 s. 7. (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. S. 10(3) substituted by No. 10/2000 s. 7. (3) The Minister may make a recommendation under subsection (1) or (2) only after considering a recommendation of the Committee. S. 10(4)(5) repealed by No. 10/2000 s. 7. * * * * * S. 10(6) amended by No. 10/2000 s. 8(1). (6) The Committee may recommend to the Minister that an eligible taxon or community of flora or fauna or an eligible process be added to the Threatened List or the Processes List or that any taxon or community of flora or fauna or any
in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State. (2) A notice must— (a) be in the prescribed form; and S. 18(2)(b) amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(c). (b) state the date by which submissions must be made to the Secretary which must be at least 30 days after the date on which the notice is published; and (c) specify the manner in which submissions must be made; and (d) fix a time and place at which a copy of the draft Strategy will be available to the public for inspection. S. 18(3) amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(c). (3) Any person may make submissions to the Secretary about the draft Strategy. S. 18(4) amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(c). (4) After considering all the submissions made the Secretary may make the Strategy either with or without changes. S. 18(5) amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(c). (5) After the Strategy has been made the Secretary must publish notice of its making in the Government Gazette and in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State. (6) The procedures applicable to the making of the Strategy apply to the making of an amendment to the Strategy which is not a minor amendment. Division 2—Action statements and critical habitats 19 Action statements s. 19
Secretary must acknowledge receipt of each submission. S. 21(6) amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(d)(i). (6) After considering all the submissions made within the period set out in the notice the Secretary may make the management plan either with or without changes. S. 21(7) amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(d)(i). (7) After the management plan has been made the Secretary must give notice of its making to those persons to whom notice was given under subsection (3) and must publish notice of its making in the Government Gazette and in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State and in a newspaper circulating generally in the area to which the plan applies. 22 Amendment and revocation of management plans s. 22 S. 22(1) amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(e). (1) The Secretary may amend or revoke a management plan. (2) The procedures applicable to the making of a management plan apply to the revocation of a management plan or the making of an amendment to a management plan which is not a minor amendment. 23 Contents of management plans (1) A management plan must state— (a) the taxon or community of flora or fauna or potentially threatening process to which it applies; and (b) in relation to the flora or fauna conservation and management objectives—
36 Notice to comply s. 36 S. 36(1) amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(g). (1) At any time during the operation of an interim conservation order the Secretary may serve notice on any person— (a) who is a landholder of land or a manager of water which forms part of the critical habitat which is the subject of the order; or (b) who is carrying on an activity outside the critical habitat which is the subject of the order which is likely to detrimentally affect the critical habitat— requiring them to comply with the order. (2) A person must comply with a notice issued under subsection (1). 100 penalty units. (3) In addition to any penalty imposed under subsection (2), a person who is convicted of an offence against the subsection is liable to a continuing penalty of 10 penalty units for each day on which the failure to comply with that subsection continues after conviction. S. 37 amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(g). 37 Notification of other Administrators s. 37 As soon as possible after the making or amending of an interim conservation order the Secretary must give notice of the terms of the order to— (a) the Minister administering the Planning and Environment Act 1987; and
SCHEDULES Sch. 1 substituted by No. 10/2000 s. 12(1). SCHEDULE 1 Sch. 1 Human Disease organisms _______________ Sch. 2 amended by GGs 7.8.91 p. 2210, 14.8.91 p. 2282, 18.12.91 p. 3539, 27.5.92 p. 1258, 30.9.92 p. 2909, 11.2.93 p. 290, 6.5.93 p. 1000, 12.8.93 p. 2272, SG (No. 95) 21.12.93 p. 1, GGs 11.5.95 pp 1153, 1154, 24.8.95 pp 2269, 2270, 21.12.95 p. 3659, 15.8.96 pp 2173, 2174 7.11.96 p. 2909, substituted by No. 10/2000 s. 12(2). SCHEDULE 2 Sch. 2 TAXA Abutilon fraseriDwarf Lantern-bush Acacia deanei ssp. deaneiDeane's Wattle Acacia enterocarpaJumping-jack Wattle Acacia glandulicarpaHairy-pod Wattle Acacia havilandiiNeedle Wattle Acacia maideniiMaiden's Wattle Acacia omalophyllaYarran Wattle Acacia pendulaWeeping Myall Acanthophis antarcticusDeath Adder Acrodipsas brisbanensisLarge Ant-blue Butterfly Acrodipsas myrmecophilaSmall Ant-blue Butterfly Adiantum capillus-venerisDainty Maidenhair Adiantum diaphanumFilmy Maidenhair
Adriana quadripartitaRare Bitter-bush Aepyprymnus rufescensRufous Bettong Agrostis adamsoniiAdamson's Bent Agrostis billardierei var. filifoliaCoast Blown-grass Allocasuarina luehmanniiBuloke Almaleea capitataSlender Parrot-pea Ambassis agassizii's Chanda Perch Amphibromus pithogastrus Wallaby-grass Aprasia auritaLegless lizard Aprasia parapulchellaPink-tailed Worm-lizard Archaeophylax canarusCaddisfly Ardea albaGreat Egret Ardea intermediaIntermediate Egret Ardeotis australisAustralian Bustard Astelia australianaTall Astelia Asterolasia phebalioidesDowny Star-bush Australatya striolataEastern Freshwater Shrimp Austrogammarus australisFreshwater amphipod Austrogammarus haaseiAmphipod Balaenoptera musculusBlue Whale Ballantinia antipodaBallantinia Bettongia gaimardiTasmanian Bettong Bettongia penicillataBrush-tailed Bettong Bidyanus bidyanusSilver Perch Boronia galbraithiaeAniseed Boronia Sch. 2 Boyra mirablisGrampians Pinchusion-lily Brachyscome muelleroidesMueller Daisy
Daisy Bracteantha sp. aff. subundulataSwamp Everlasting Brunoniella pumilioDwarf Brunoniella Burhinus magnirostrisBush Thick-knee Pygmy-possum Cacatua leadbeateriMajor Mitchell Cockatoo Caladenia amoenaCharming Spider-orchid Caladenia audasiiAudas' Spider-orchid Caladenia calcicolaLimestone Spider-orchid Caladenia concolorMaroon Spider-orchid Caladenia formosaBlood-red Spider-orchid Caladenia fragrantissima ssp. orientalisCream Spider-orchid Caladenia fulvaTawny Spider-orchid Caladenia hastataMelblom's Spider-orchid Caladenia lowanensisWimmera Spider-orchid Caladenia magnificaMagnificent Spider-orchid Caladenia robinsoniiFrankston Spider-orchid Caladenia rosellaRosella Spider-orchid Caladenia thysanochilaFringed Spider-orchid Caladenia xanthochilaYellow-lip Spider-orchid Calochilus richiaeBald-tip Beard-orchid Calyptorhynchus lathami lathamiGlossy Black Cockatoo (eastern subspecies) Calyptorhynchus magnificusRed-tailed Black-Cockatoo Carex cephalotesWire-head Sedge Sch. 2 Carex pauperaDwarf Sedge Carex tasmanicaCurly Sedge Cassinia rugataWrinkled Cassinia
Sheoke Celmisia sericophyllaSilky Daisy Chaeropus ecaudatusPig-footed Bandicoot Charadrius rubricollisHooded Plover Chlamydera maculataSpotted Bowerbird Christella dentataBinung Climacteris affinisWhite-browed Treecreeper Comesperma polygaloidesSmall Milkwort Coturnix chinensisKing Quail Craterocephalus fluviatilisMurray Hardyhead Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum fulvusNon-specked Hardyhead Cryptostylis hunterianaLeafless Tongue Orchid Cyathea cunninghamiiSlender Tree-fern Cyathea leichhardtianaPrickly Tree-fern Cyclodomorphus michaeliEastern She-oak Skink Cyclodomorphus praealtusAlpine She-oak Skink Sch. 2 Dasyornis brachypterus Dasyornis broadbentiRufous Bristlebird Dasyurus maculatusTiger Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus Delma imparStriped Legless Lizard Dendrobium speciosumRock Orchid Dipodium hamiltonianumYellow Hyacinth Orchid Discaria nitidaShining Anchor Plant Discaria pubescensHairy Anchor Plant Diuris cuneataWedge Diuris Diuris fragrantissimaSunshine Diuris
Galaxias cleaveriTasmanian Mudfish Galaxias olidus var. fuscusBrown Galaxias Galaxiella pusillaDwarf Galaxias Geijera parvifloraWilga Glycine canescensSilky Glycine Glycine latrobeanaClover Glycine Gobiomorphus coxiiCox's Gudgeon Goodenia macbarroniiNarrow Goodenia Grantiella pictaPainted Honeyeater Grevillea barklyanaGully Grevillea Grus rubicundusBrolga Sch. 2 Gymnobelideus leadbeateriLeadbeater's Possum Haliaeetus leucogasterWhite-bellied Sea-eagle Halosarcia flabelliformisBeaded Glasswort Heleioporus australiacusGiant Burrowing Frog Helipterum strictumUpright Sunray Hemichroa diandraMallee Hemichroa Hemiergis millewaeMillewa Skink Hemiphlebia mirabilisHemiphlebia Damselfly Hibbertia humifusa new ssp. (North East) flower (North East) Hypseleotris compressusEmpire Gudgeon Isopogon prostratusProstrate Cone-bush Kelleria laxaDrapetes Lagorchestes leporidesEastern Hare-wallaby Lathamus discolorSwift Parrot Leipoa ocellataMalleefowl Lepidium aschersoniiSpiny Pepper-cress
Lepidium hyssopifoliumSmall Pepper-cress Lepidium monoplocoidesWinged Pepper-cress Lepidium pseudopapillosumErect Pepper-cress Leporillus apicalisLesser Stick-nest Rat Leptorhynchos mediusAnnual Buttons Sch. 2 Lichenostomus melanops cassidixHelmeted Honeyeater Limnodynastes interiorisGiant Bullfrog Litoria spenceriSpotted Tree Frog Lovettia sealiiTasmanian Whitebait Maccullochella macquariensisTrout Cod Maccullochella peeliiMurray Cod Macquaria australasicaMacquarie Perch Manorina melanotisBlack-eared Miner Megascolides australisGiant Gippsland Earthworm Melaleuca halmaturorumSalt Paperbark Melanotaenia fluviatilisMurray Rainbowfish Menkea crassaFat Spectacles Miniopterus schreibersiiCommon Bent-wing Bat Mixophyes balbusSouthern Barred Frog Mogurnda adspersaSouthern Purple-spotted Gudgeon spilotaCarpet and Diamond Pythons Myoporum floribundumSlender Myoporum Myrmecia sp. 17Bull-ant Nannoperca variegataEwens Pigmy Perch Neophema chrysogasterOrange-bellied Parrot Neophema pulchellaTurquoise Parrot Ninox connivensBarking Owl
Ninox strenuaPowerful Owl 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 Oxyura australisBlue-billed Duck Pachycephalus rufogularisRed-lored Whistler Paralucia pyrodiscus lucidaEltham Copper Butterfly Sch. 2 Pedionomus torquatusPlains-wanderer Perameles bougainvilleWestern Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunniiEastern Barred Bandicoot Petaurus norfolcensisSquirrel Glider Petrogale penicillataBrush-tailed Rock-wallaby Pezoporus wallicusGround Parrot Phascogale caluraRed-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafaBrush-tailed Phascogale Phebalium obcordatumDainty Phebalium Phebalium wilsoniiShiny Phebalium Philoria frostiBaw Baw Frog Pimelea spinescensPlains Rice Flower Planigale gilesiPaucident Planigale Platydoris galbanaMarine opisthobranch Poa saxicolaRock Tussock-grass Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplusRegent Parrot (eastern subspecies) Polytelis swainsoniiSuperb Parrot Pomaderris cotoneasterCotoneaster Pomaderris
Pultenaea graveolensScented Bush-pea Pygopus nigricepsHooded Scaly-foot Rhinolophus megaphyllusEastern Horseshoe-bat Rhodope genusMarine opisthobranch Rhynchoedura ornataBeaked Gecko Riekoperla darlingtoniMount Donna Buang Wingless Stonefly Sch. 2 Riekoperla intermediaStonefly Riekoperla isoscelesStonefly Rulingia pannosaClustered Kerrawang Rulingia prostrataDwarf Kerrawang Rutidosis leptorrhynchoidesButton Wrinklewort Sambucus australasicaYellow Elderberry Santalum lanceolatumNorthern Sandalwood Sarcochilus falcatusOrange-blossom Orchid Sclerolaena napiformisTurnip Bassia Senecio behrianusStiff Groundsel Senecio macrocarpusLarge-fruit Groundsel Sphenomorphus kosciuskoiAlpine Water Skink Sterna albifronsLittle Tern Sterna nereis nereisFairy Tern Stictonetta naevosaFreckled Duck Stipiturus malleeMallee Emu-wren Swainsona brachycarpaSlender Swainson-pea Swainsona galegifoliaSmooth Darling-pea Swainsona murrayana Swainson-pea Swainsona plagiotropisRed Swainson-pea Swainsona purpureaPurple Swainson-pea