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EPBC303DC/SFS/2013/55
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens
I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (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 (other than a species listed in the conservation dependent category), and
specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list)
taken in the Coral Sea Fishery, as defined in the Commonwealth Fisheries Management Regulations 1992,
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 covered by the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act in relation to the fishery.
Dated this 19th day of November 2013
………………………P Murphy………………………
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment