COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Amendment - List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import – s.303EB
I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, pursuant to paragraph 303EC (1) (a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, make the following amendment to Part 2 of the list of specimens taken to be suitable for live import, established under s.303EB of the Act, under the heading Invertebrate Animals, Arthropods (Arthropoda), Class Insecta in the appropriate alphabetic position:
Add:
Taxon | Common Name | Conditions for Import |
Drosophila birchii | Fruit Fly, Vinegar Fly, Pomace Fly
| Research only. High security facilities only. |
This amendment will take effect on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Dated this 19th day of February 2013
TONY BURKE
Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities