Amendment to List of Cites Species (12/09/2012) (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment to List of CITES Species

I, Debra Jayne Callister-Carter, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Branch, delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, pursuant to paragraphs 303CA(9)(b) and (c) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, amend the List of CITES Species established under subsection 303CA(1) of that Act, as set out in Schedule 1 to this Instrument.

This Instrument will commence on 25 September 2012.

Dated this          12th           day of           September          2012

Debra Callister-Carter

DEBRA CALLISTER-CARTER

Assistant Secretary

Wildlife Branch

Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Notes:

CITES means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora made at Washington on 3 March 1973, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.

Amendments to ensure the List of CITES Species is consistent with Appendix III of the Convention

Insert in appropriate alphabetical order:

Taxon	Common Name	Appendix	Notation	First Listed
Lamna nasus	Porbeagle	III	Listed by Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	25 Sep 2012
Sphyrna lewini	Scalloped Hammerhead	III	Listed by Costa Rica	25 Sep 2012