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 the Environment, Heritage and the Arts pursuant to subsection 303DC(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the 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 Victorian Rock Lobster Fishery, as defined in the management regime made under the Victorian Fisheries Act 1995 and Fisheries Regulations 1998.
 
 
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 1 April 2014.
 
 
 
 
Dated this     30       day of      March         2009
 
 
 
………...…..……...………Nigel Routh…….……...…..……...…..……
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts