COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
 
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
 
Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens
 
 
I, NEIL ELLIS, Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Act), hereby amend the list of exempt native specimens established under section 303DB of the Act by including in the list the specimens in the schedule:
 
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;
 
·        The specimen is included on the list until 1 December 2005.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dated this                     10th     day of               March              2005
 
 
………………Neil Ellis…………………………
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Heritage

SCHEDULE
Amendment to the List of Exempt Native Specimens
 
Specimens to which the amendment applies
·        Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the Act, taken in the Queensland Marine Aquarium Fish Fishery as defined in the Fisheries Regulation 1995,  Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery) Management Plan 2003 and the Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2004 made under the Fisheries Act 1994 and subsequent amendments.
·        Specimens that are or are derived from fish, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the Act, taken in the Queensland Deepwater Finfish Fishery as defined in the Fisheries Regulation 1995,  Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery) Management Plan 2003 and the Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2004 made under the Fisheries Act 1994 and subsequent amendments.
·        Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the Act, taken in the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery as defined in a Proclamation made under the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984. Torres Strait Prawn.
·        Specimens that are or are derived from Sea Urchins ( Heliocidaris erythrogramma and Centrostephanus rogersii) taken in the Tasmanian Commercial Dive Fishery, under the authority of a fishing licence (Commercial Dive) as defined in the Fisheries (Commercial Dive) Rules 1999.