Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Torres Strait Bêche-de-mer Fishery, December 2020 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Torres Strait Bêche-de-mer Fishery, December 2020

I, LAURA TIMMINS, Senior Director, Office of Wildlife Trade, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, pursuant to subsection303DC(1)(a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), hereby amend the list of exempt native specimens established under section 303DB of the EPBC Act by deleting from the list specimens and any notations specified in Schedule 1, and by including in the list specimens and associated restrictions or conditions as set out in Schedule 2.

This instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2003.

The instrument commences the day after it is registered.

Dated this 23 day of December 2020

Laura Timmins

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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment

SCHEDULE 1

Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals delete from the list the following items and any associated notations:

Taxon/Item	Common Name	Notation
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 (other than a species listed in the conservation dependent category), and specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list), taken in the Torres Strait Bêche‑de‑mer Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 (Cth) and the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations 1985 (Cth).	Torres Strait Bêche‑de‑mer Fishery	The specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully, and The specimens are covered by the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act in relation to the fishery.

SCHEDULE 2

Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals include in the list the following items and associated notations:

Taxon/Item	Common Name	Notation
Specimens that are or are derived from invertebrates taken in the Torres Strait Bêche-de-mer Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 (Cth), Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations 1985 (Cth), Torres Strait Fisheries Management Instrument No.15 (Torres Strait Sea Cucumber Fishery), Torres Strait Bêche-de-mer Fishery Harvest Strategy, but not including: (a)    specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 209 of the EPBC Act (Australia’s List of Migratory Species), or (b)   specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 248 of the EPBC Act (Australia’s List of Marine Species), or (c)    specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as defined under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or (d)   specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES List).	Torres Strait Bêche-de-mer Fishery	·     The specimen, or the invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully; and ·     the specimens are covered by the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act in relation to the fishery.