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 revoking the conditions to which the inclusion of the following item in the list on 30 November 2007 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 the Northern Territory Offshore Net and Line Fishery, as defined in the management regime in force under the Northern Territory Fisheries Regulations and the Northern Territory Fisheries Act 1988,
 
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 included in the list until 12 May 2011;
·        operation of the Northern Territory Offshore Net and Line Fishery will be carried out in accordance with the management regime in force under the Northern Territory Fisheries Regulations and the Northern Territory Fisheries Act 1988; and
·        the Northern Territory Department of Resources to advise the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities of any intended change to the Northern Territory Offshore Net and Line Fishery management arrangements that could affect the criteria on which EPBC Act decisions are based.
 
Dated this 16th day of  November 2010
 
 
 
……………………NIGEL ROUTH………………………
Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities