Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery, WA (23/03/2009) (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, NIGEL ROUTH, Assistant Secretary, Marine Biodiversity Policy Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts 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 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 West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery, in force under the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994.

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 26 April 2009.

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 26 March 2009.

Dated this          23   day of       March              2009

………...…..……...….Nigel Routh.……...…..……...…..……

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts