COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
 
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
 
Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens
 
 
I, NATHAN HANNA, Acting Assistant Secretary, Marine Biodiversity Policy Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 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 including in the list the following:
 
·         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 Lobster Fishery, as defined in the management regime made under the Fisheries Management (Lobster Share Management Plan) Regulation 2000 and the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2010 in force under the Fisheries Management Act 1994,
 
with a notation that inclusion of the specimens in the list is subject to the following restrictions or conditions:
 
·         the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully; and
 
·         the specimens are included in the list until 30 March 2017.
 
 
 
Dated this 19th day of March 2012
 
 
 
 
……………………Nathan Hanna……………………
 
Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities