Amendment List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import (26/06/2012) (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) (c) and (e) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby amend the list of specimens taken to be suitable for live import, established under s.303EB of the EPBC Act as follows:

Part 1 of the Live Import List:

1.    Amend the following items as follows:

Taxon	Common name
Change:	Cairina moschata excluding Honduras populations	Muscovy Duck
To:	Cairina moschata	Muscovy Duck
Change:	Columba livia excluding Ghana populations	Rock Dove, Domestic Pigeon
To:	Columba livia	Rock Dove, Domestic Pigeon

Part 2 of the Live Import List:

2.    Remove the following text from the preamble:

“The ‘Appendix’ column of the list states whether the specimen is included in Appendix I, II, or III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (the Convention) in accordance with the provisions of Articles XV and XVI of the Convention.’

3.    Remove from the tabular list of species in Part 2, the column ‘Appendix’.

4.    Amend the following items as follows:

Taxon	Common Name	Conditions for Import
Change:	Struthio camelus	Ostrich	Excluding populations of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Mauritiana, Morocco, the Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and the Sudan.
To:	Struthio camelus	Ostrich
Change:	Arctictis binturong	Binturong	Eligible non-commercial purpose only, excluding household pets. Excluding India populations.
To:	Arctictis binturong	Binturong	Eligible non-commercial purpose only, excluding household pets.
Change:	Choloepus hoffmanni	Hoffmann’s Two-toed Sloth	Eligible non-commercial purpose only, excluding household pets. Excluding Costa Rican populations
To:	Choloepus hoffmanni	Hoffmann’s Two-toed Sloth	Eligible non-commercial purpose only, excluding household pets.
Change:	Crotalus unicolor	Aruba Island Rattlesnake	Commercial venom production and eligible non-commercial purpose only, excluding household pets and travelling exhibitions. Excluding Honduras populations. High security facilities only.
To:	Crotalus unicolor	Aruba Island Rattlesnake	Commercial venom production and eligible non-commercial purpose only, excluding household pets and travelling exhibitions. High security facilities only.

Dated this       26        day of         June   2012

Tony Burke

TONY BURKE

Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities