COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens
I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), hereby amend the list of exempt native specimens established under section 303DB of the EPBC Act by revoking the conditions to which the inclusion of the following items in the list is subject:
· Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, taken in the New South Wales Estuary General Fishery as defined in the New South Wales Fisheries Management (Estuary General Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006 in force under the New South Wales Fisheries Management Act 1994
· Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, taken in the New South Wales Ocean Hauling Fishery as defined in the New South Wales Fisheries Management (Ocean Hauling Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006 in force under the New South Wales Fisheries Management Act 1994
· Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, taken in the Victorian Rock Lobster Fishery, as defined in the Victorian Rock Lobster Fishery Management Plan 2009 made under the Victorian Fisheries Act 1995 and Fisheries Regulations 2009
and imposing the following conditions to which inclusion of the specimens in the list is subject:
· the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully, and
· the specimens are included in the list until 24 June 2016.
Dated this 11th day of September 2015
….…………………Paul Murphy…………………….
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment
