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 Sardine Fishery, as defined in the Management Plan for South Australian Pilchard Fishery 2005, in force under the South Australian Fisheries Management Act 2007, the Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2007, and the Fisheries Management (Marine Scalefish Fisheries) Regulations 2006.
 
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 27 November 2009.
 
For the purposes of section 12(1) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, the specified day for the purposes of the commencement of this instrument is 15 October 2009.
 
 
Dated this 14th day of  October 2009
 
 
 
 
………………………Nigel Routh……………………
 
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts