EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment 2018 (No. 3)
Instrument under subparagraph 303EC(1)(b)
(Issued under Authority of the Minister for the Environment and Energy)
Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), a live specimen is allowed to be imported only if it is included on the ‘List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import’ (Live Import List).
The Live Import List was established in accordance with s303EB of the EPBC Act and has two Parts. Part 1 comprises species exempt from the requirement for an import permit under the EPBC Act. Part 2 comprises species that can be imported with a permit under the EPBC Act.
In accordance with s. 303EC(1)(b) of the EPBC Act, the effect of this instrument is to update the scientific name of a species on Part 1 of the list
The geometrid moth (Eueupithecia sp. 3445QA) was listed on Part 1 in May 2014. The moth was recently formally described as a new species. As a result the scientific name on the Live Import List need to be changed to Eueupithecia vollonoides.
The decision instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2003. It will take effect on the day after registration.
Note: The name of this instrument was amended on registration as the instrument as lodged did not have a unique name (see subsection 10(2), Legislation Rule 2016).