COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
 
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
 
Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens
 
 
I, PETER GARRETT Minister for Environment Protection, 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 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 Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, as defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002, in force under the Commonwealth Fisheries Management Act 1991.
 
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 on the list until 21 April 2013.
 
 
 
Dated this 13th day of   April 2010
 
 
 
 
………………Peter Garrett……………
 
Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts