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 (the EPBC Act) provides for the establishment of a list of exempt native specimens. Specimens included on 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 that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, taken in the Northern Territory Spanish Mackerel Fishery, as defined in the Spanish Mackerel Fishery Management Plan made under the NT Fisheries Act 1988, other than specimens belonging to an eligible listed threatened species.
In accordance with section 303DC of the EPBC Act, consultation was undertaken with the following Ministers of the Commonwealth and of each State and self-governing Territory: the Hon Chris Natt MLA, Minister for Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines.
Consultation was also undertaken in accordance with section 303DC(3)(c) of the EPBC Act. This extended to the Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines.
This instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
The instrument commenced on the day after it was registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Unique Identifying Number: EBPC303DC/SFS/2008/04