Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens Abalone Fishery, Vic (21/07/2003) (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, DAVID KEMP, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby amend the list of exempt native specimens established under section 303DB of the Act by including in the list the following specimens:

·    Blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra)

·    Greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata)

with a notation that inclusion of the specimens in the list is subject to the following restrictions or conditions:

• the specimen must have been taken in accordance with the Victorian Abalone Fishery Management Plan in force under the Victorian Fisheries Act 1995; and
• inclusion of the specimens in the list will expire five years after the date of this instrument.

Dated this                     21st      day of    July      2003

…………David Kemp………………………………

Minister for the Environment and Heritage