COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Subsection 209(1)
Amendment of the List of Migratory Species
I, DAVID ALISTAIR KEMP, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, pursuant to
paragraph 209(1)(b) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby amend the List of Migratory Species established under section 209 of that Act by including in it the following migratory species, in consequence of their inclusion in the appendices to the Convention of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, done at Bonn on
23 June 1979 (‘Bonn Convention’):
Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera edeni
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata
Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Killer whale Orcinus orca
Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias
This amendment takes effect on 23 December 2002.
Dated this 3rd day of December 2002
David Kemp
Minister for the Environment and Heritage