COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
 
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
 
Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens
 
I, NIGEL ROUTH, 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, taken in the Tasmanian Rock Lobster Fishery, as defined in the Fisheries (Rock Lobster) Rules 2011, made under the Tasmanian Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the Act;
 
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 5 February 2012.
 
 
Dated this 19thday of October 2011
 
 
 
 
…………………N Routh …………………
Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities