COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
 
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
 
Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens
 
 
 
I, PETER GARRETT Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts 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 item on the list on 22 December 2009 is subject:
 
·        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 Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery, as defined in the management regime for the fishery, made under Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the Fisheries Management Regulations 1992.
 
and imposing the following conditions to which inclusion of the specimens in the list is subject:
 
·        The specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully.
 
·        The specimens are covered by the declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation under section 303FN of the Act in relation to the fishery.
 
 
Dated this 17th day of February 2010
 
 
 
 
 
………….…Peter Garrett……………
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts