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Guidelines for the Trial of the Biodiversity Banking Scheme and Options for Applying the Scheme to Native Vegetation (Inquiry)

This inquiry is an expired Parliamentary inquiry conducted by the Biodiversity Banking Committee (at the end of the Parliament, this inquiry expired prior to reporting).

This inquiry arises out of the requirement under the Parliamentary resolution establishing the Committee, that it prepare a report setting out suggested guidelines for the operation of the scheme during the trial period and examining options for applying the scheme to the clearing of native vegetation.

The 53rd Parliament, including all current committee inquiries, expired at midnight on 2 March 2007.

Timeline

Referred: 23 Nov 2006
    » Call for submissions: 12 Jan 2007
    » Submissions close: 2 Mar 2007

Reports and Government Responses

No records of reports or government responses are available for this inquiry.

Hearings and Transcripts

No records of hearings or transcripts are available for this inquiry.

Submissions

Submissions are invited on either or both of the following matters: (a) suggestions on the subject matter that guidelines for the operation of the 2-year trial of the biodiversity banking scheme ought to cover, and any specific suggestions on the content of such guidelines; (b) options for applying the scheme to the clearing of “native vegetation” (within the meaning of the Native Vegetation Act 2003). As the session of Parliament has been prorogued the secretariat will hold submissions on behalf of the committee until it is re-appointed when the Parliament resumes in May after the forthcoming general election

The closing date for submissions was 2 March 2007

Contact Us

This is an expired inquiry. The contacts below are historical only.

• Primary contact: Mr Leslie Gonye, Clerk-Assistant (Committees), phone 9230 2224, les.gonye@parliament.nsw.gov.au
• Committee Officer: Ms Carly Sheen, phone 9230 2899, carly.sheen@parliament.nsw.gov.au
• Address for written correspondence:

  Joint Select Committee on Threatened Species Conservation Amendment (Biodiversity Banking) Act 2006
  Parliament House
  Macquarie St
  Sydney NSW 2000
  Fax:
  

Inquiry Terms of Reference

This inquiry arises out of the requirement under the Parliamentary resolution establishing the Committee, that it prepare a report setting out suggested guidelines for the operation of the scheme during the trial period and examining options for applying the scheme to the clearing of native vegetation.

Under Section 127A(3) and (4) of the Threatened Species Conservation Amendment (Biodiversity Banking) Act 2006:

(3) The biobanking scheme is not to be implemented until:

(a) a joint committee of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council has been appointed with functions that include preparing a report that sets out suggested guidelines for the operation of the scheme during a trial period and examines options for applying the scheme to the clearing of native vegetation (within the meaning of the Native Vegetation Act 2003), and

(b) the report has been provided to both Houses of Parliament, and

(c) the Minister has caused to be tabled in each House of Parliament a report by the Minister setting out what the Government has done or proposes to do in response to the report of the joint committee.

(4) Despite subsection (3), the biobanking scheme may be implemented if the report of the joint committee referred to in subsection (3)(a) has not been prepared by the joint committee and provided to both Houses of Parliament by the end of the period of 6 months after the commencement of this Part.

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