Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation - Lenah Game Meats'

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation

I, Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, am satisfied that an operation to export Bennett’s wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus) skins and fibre (fur) by Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd is a small-scale operation as defined by Regulation 9A.20 under Section 303FN(10) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
I declare under subsection 303FN(2) that Lenah Game Meats’ operation is an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation.

Unless amended or revoked, this declaration has effect subject to the following conditions applied under section 303FT:

1. The operation must be carried out in accordance with the document dated 3 July 2012 and entitled ‘Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest and Export of Bennett’s Wallaby Skins from Tasmania 2012 to 2015, Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd’.
2. This declaration is valid from the date of gazettal until 31 October 2015.

Dated this          15        day of       January      2013

Signed by Tony Burke

Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities