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 (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 South Australian (SA) Abalone Fishery, as defined in the management regime in force under the SA Fisheries Management (Abalone Fisheries) Regulations 2006 and the SA Fisheries Management Act 2007.
 
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 June 2012.
 
 
 
Dated this 18 day of June 2009
 
 
 
 
……………………Nigel Routh………………………
 
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts