Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation - Australian Insect Farm

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION

I, Deb Callister, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, am satisfied that an operation to harvest and export Australian native invertebrates by Jack and Sue Hasenpusch of the Australian Insect Farm, is a small-scale operation as defined by regulation 9A.20 under subsection 303FN(10). I declare under section 303FN(2) that the Australian Insect Farm is an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation.

This declaration has effect subject to the following conditions applied under S303FT:

1. The operation is undertaken in accordance with the proposal submitted by the Australian Insect Farm and revised on 11 September 2012.
2. Only specimens from species that have been named and described in a scientific publication can be exported.
3. Accurate records must be maintained and kept up-to-date and include all information necessary for the reporting outlined in condition 4. If requested, records will be made available to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
4. An annual report is to be provided to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities as per Section 8 of the proposal.
5. If requested by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, the Australian Insect Farm will provide reports at other times of the year on a timely basis.
6. This declaration is valid from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2015.

Dated this  18th  day of  December   2012

Signed by Deb Callister

Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.

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Subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, a person or persons whose interests are affected by this declaration may, within 28 days, make an application in writing to the Department of the Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities for the reasons for the decision. An application for independent review of the decision may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, on payment of the relevant fee, by or on behalf of the person or persons whose interests are affected, either within 28 days of receipt of the reasons for the decision, or within 28 days of this declaration if reasons for the decision are not sought. Further information may be obtained from:

Director, Wildlife Trade Assessments

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

GPO Box 787

CANBERRA ACT 2601

Telephone: (02) 6274 2880 Facsimile: (02) 6274 1921