EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999

Amendment of the list of exempt native specimens in accordance with Section 303DC

Section 303DB of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) provides for the establishment of a list of exempt native specimens. Specimens included in the list are exempt from the trade control provisions that apply to regulated native specimens.

The effect of this instrument is to delete from the list of exempt native specimens the following specimens and any associated notations:

• specimens taken by Australian Kelp Products Pty Ltd between April and July 2013 inclusive, under licences issued by the Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia for the South Australian Beach-cast Seagrass and Marine Algae Fishery as defined in the Fisheries Management (Miscellaneous Fishery) Regulations 2000 in force under the Fisheries Management Act 2007 (South Australia)

Subsection 303DC(3) of the EPBC Act provides that before amending the list, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water must consult such other Commonwealth minister or ministers and such other minister or ministers of each state and self-governing territory, as the minister considers appropriate. The minister may also consult with such other persons and organisations as the minister considers appropriate. In this instance, the Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water consulted with the Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia as the Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia has management responsibilities for the fishery concerned.

This instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

The instrument commenced on 15 October 2013.

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