REFERRAL OF MATTER TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
The Governor in Council under Section 4F of the Parliamentary Committees Act 1969 refers to the Environment and Natural Resources Committee for inquiry, consideration and report to the Parliament, the following matter relating to the utilisation of Victorian native wildlife and flora which, due to recently completed or ongoing Government inquiries, does not include marine fish and mammal species, game species as defined in the Wildlife Act 1975, pest species and native trees harvested for timber-
The Committee is required to report within the framework of ecologically sustainable use and particularly:
(a) identify the potential for utilisation of Victorian flora and fauna;
(b) assess the economic and environmental sustainability of that potential for different taxa of flora and fauna; and
(c) examine and report on the existing statutory and other controls on the utilisation of native wildlife and flora in Victoria and recommend on necessary changes in light of the findings on (a) and (b) above and any outcomes of the Senate Inquiry into the Commonwealth Utilisation of Australian Native Wildlife.
The referral was accepted by the Committee on 10 August 1998, but lapsed on the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly and prorogation of the Legislative Council on 24 August 1999. The Terms of Reference were reissued to the Committee on 23 May 2000.
