List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment (4 species of Vinegar Flies, Drosophila spp.) Instrument 2022 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment

(4 species of Vinegar Flies, Drosophila spp.) Instrument 2022

I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, pursuant to subparagraphs 303EC(1)(a)(i) and 303EC(1)(a)(iii) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and having considered a report prepared for the purposes of  paragraph 303EC(5)(a) of that Act, make the following amendments by including in Part 2 of the List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import (29/11/2001) under the heading ‘Invertebrate Animals’, ‘Anthropods (Anthropoda)’ in the appropriate alphabetic position:

Taxon	Common Name	Conditions for import
Drosophila azteca	vinegar fly, pomace fly	Research only. High security facilities only.
Drosophila bifasciata	vinegar fly, pomace fly	Research only. High security facilities only.
Drosophila eugracilis	vinegar fly, pomace fly	Research only. High security facilities only.
Drosophila subobscura	vinegar fly, pomace fly	Research only. High security facilities only.

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Dated:                         29 Nov 2022

Tanya Plibersek

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TANYA PLIBERSEK

Minister for the Environment and Water