COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
DECLARATION OF AN
APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION
I, Nathan Hanna, A/g Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment 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
subsection 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:
- The operation is undertaken in accordance with the proposal submitted by the
Australian Insect Farm and revised on 30 March 2015. - Only specimens from species that have been named and described in a scientific
publication can be exported. - Initially only specimens from the list of species approved under the wildlife trade
operation are eligible for export permit application. Additional species and families
may only be exported with the prior approval of the Department. - Accurate records must be maintained and kept up-to-date and include all information necessary for the reporting outlined in condition 5. If requested, records will be made available to the Department of the Environment.
- An annual report is to be provided to the Department of the Environment, as per
Section 8 of the proposal. - If requested by the Department of the Environment, the Australian Insect Farm will
provide reports at other times of the year on a timely basis. - This declaration is valid for 3 years from the date of gazettal.
Dated this .....6th........ day of ..........July................. 2015
............................ Nathan Hanna..........................................
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), on payment of the relevant fee (currently $861 or reduced fee where applicable due to financial hardship) by the applicant, 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. Applications should be
made to the Deputy Registrar, AAT in your Capital City. Please visit the AAT’s website at
http://www.aat.gov.au/ for further information.
You may make an application under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) to access documents relevant to
this decision. For further information, please visit http://www.environment.gov.au/foi/index.html.
Further enquiries should be directed to: Director of Wildlife Trade Assessments, Department of the
Environment, Telephone: (02) 6274 2880 Email: wta@environment.gov.au