Amendment - List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import (09/09/2011) (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment - List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import – s.303EB

I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, pursuant to paragraph 303EC (1) (e) 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 Invertebrate Animals, Malacostraca (shrimps, crabs, lobsters) in the appropriate alphabetic position:

Change:

Taxon	Common Name	Appendix	Conditions for Import
Panulirus ornatus	Tropical Rock Lobster, Ornate Rock Lobster	Eligible non-commercial purpose only, excluding household pets. High security facilities only.

To:

Taxon	Common Name	Appendix	Conditions for Import
Panulirus ornatus	Tropical Rock Lobster, Ornate Rock Lobster	Eligible non-commercial purpose, excluding household pets, into high security facilities only; or commercial imports of specimens taken in the Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery.

This amendment will take effect on the date this instrument is published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.

Dated this 9th day of September 2011

TONY BURKE

Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities