COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION –
WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION FOR THE EXPORT OF WALLABY PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN HARVESTED FROM TASMANIA
I, SUSSAN LEY, Minister for the Environment:
(a) having noted the public comments received in response to an invitation under section 303FR(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act); and
(b) being satisfied as to those matters set out in section 303FN of the EPBC Act,
declare that the Wildlife Trade Operation for the Export of Wallaby Products that have been Harvested from Tasmania (the operation) is an approved wildlife trade operation for the purposes of section 303FN of the EPBC Act.
Unless amended or revoked, this declaration has effect subject to the following conditions applied under section 303FT:
- The wildlife trade operation is valid for three years from the date after its registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.
2. The harvest referred to must be carried out in accordance with the Wildlife Trade Operation for the Export of Wallaby Products that have been Harvested from Tasmania.
3. The wildlife trade operation relates only to the processing of meat, skins and fur from Red-necked (‘Bennett's’) Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) and Tasmanian Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii).
4. An annual report must be submitted to Wildlife Trade Assessments, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment by 31 March each year. The annual report will cover the preceding calendar year.
5. The harvest referred to must be carried out in accordance with the National Code of Practice for the Humane Shooting of Kangaroos and Wallabies for Commercial Purposes.
Dated this ………..…. day of …………………….. 2021
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Minister for the Environment