COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, MARGARET TAILBY, A/g Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Sustainable Fisheries Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Act), hereby amend the list of exempt native specimens established under section 303DB of the Act by including in the list the following specimens:

• Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, taken in the Queensland Developmental Slipper Lobster Fishery made under the Queensland Fisheries Regulations 1995 in force under the Fisheries Act 1994, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the Act.

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;

• The specimens were taken while the declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation under s.303FN of the Act in relation to the Queensland Developmental Slipper Lobster Fishery is in force.

Dated this  FIFTEENTH   day of  OCTOBER   2004

…………………M. Tailby………………………

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Heritage