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 of exempt native specimens are subject:
 
·         Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the Act, taken in the Western Australian Specimen Shell Managed Fishery, as defined in the Western Australian Specimen Shell Management Plan 1995, made under the Western Australian Fish Resources 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 Act, taken in the South Australian Specimen Shell Fishery, as defined in the Fisheries Management (Miscellaneous Fishery) Regulations 20000 and the Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2007 in force under the Fisheries Management Act 2007,
 
and imposing the following conditions to which inclusion of the specimens in the list are 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 20 November 2015.
 
 
Dated this       14th     day of  May    2015
 
 
 
 
….…………………Paul Murphy…………………………….
 
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment