Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens (26/09/2007) (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, MALCOLM BLIGH TURNBULL, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the 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:

· 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 Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery, as defined in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995 (as amended) made under the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

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 22 February 2008.

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 17 November 2007.

Dated this 26 day of September 2007

………Malcolm Bligh Turnbull....……

Minister for the Environment and Water Resources