COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
 
Amendment - List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import – s.303EB
 
I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, pursuant to paragraph 303EC (1) (b) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, make the following amendment to Part 2 of the list of specimens taken to be suitable for live import, established under s.303EB of the Act, under the heading Vertebrate Animals, Reptiles (Reptilia) in the appropriate alphabetic position:
 
Delete:
 
Taxon
Common Name
Appendix
Conditions for Import

Trachemys scripta
Red-eared Slider Turtle, Yellow-bellied Slider Turtle
 
Eligible non-commercial purpose only, excluding household pets.

 
This amendment will take effect on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
 
Dated this 13 day of November 2012
 
 
 
Tony Burke
TONY BURKE
Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities