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Amendment - List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import (18/09/2007)

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
 
Amendment - List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import – s.303EB
 
I, MALCOLM BLIGH TURNBULL, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, pursuant to paragraph 303EC(1)(a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, make the following amendment to Part 2 of the list of specimens taken to be suitable for live import, established under s.303EB of the Act, under the heading Vertebrate Animals, Reptiles (Reptilia) in the appropriate alphabetical positions:
 
Taxon
Common Name
Appendix
Conditions for Import

Crotalus durissus durissus
Neotropical Rattlesnake
(III Honduras population only)
Commercial venom production and research purposes only.  High security facilities only.

Crotalus durissus terrificus
South American Rattlesnake, Cascabel
(III Honduras population only)
Commercial venom production and research purposes only.  High security facilities only.

Cryptelytrops albolabris
White-lipped Green Pit Viper
 
Commercial venom production and research purposes only.  High security facilities only.

Dendroaspis angusticeps
Common Mamba, Eastern Green Mamba
 
Commercial venom production and research purposes only.  High security facilities only.

Dendroaspis polylepis
Black Mamba
 
Commercial venom production and research purposes only.  High security facilities only.

Naja nigricollis
Black-necked Spitting Cobra
 
Commercial venom production and research purposes only.  High security facilities only.

Naja nivea
Cape Cobra
 
Commercial venom production and research purposes only.  High security facilities only.

Protobothrops flavoviridis
Habu
 
Commercial venom production and research purposes only.  High security facilities only.

 
This change will take effect on the first day on which it is no longer liable to be disallowed.
 
Dated this  18th  day of  September  2007
 
 
Malcolm Turnbull
 
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources