COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
 
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
 
 
Amendment to List of CITES Species
 
 
 
I, Debra Jayne Callister-Carter, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Branch, delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, pursuant to paragraphs 303CA(9)(b) and (c) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, amend the List of CITES Species established under subsection 303CA(1) of that Act, as set out in Schedule 1 to this Instrument.
 
This Instrument will commence on 25 September 2012.
 
 
Dated this          12th           day of           September          2012
 
 
 
 
Debra Callister-Carter
 
 
DebRA Callister-CARTER
 
Assistant Secretary
Wildlife Branch
Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
 
 
Notes:
 
CITES means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora made at Washington on 3 March 1973, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
 
Amendments to ensure the List of CITES Species is consistent with Appendix III of the Convention
 
Insert in appropriate alphabetical order:
 
Taxon
Common Name
Appendix
Notation
First Listed

 Lamna nasus
Porbeagle
III
Listed by Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
25 Sep 2012

 Sphyrna lewini
Scalloped Hammerhead
III
Listed by Costa Rica
25 Sep 2012