COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, GEOFF RICHARDSON, Assistant Secretary, Marine Biodiversity and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), hereby amend the list of exempt native specimens established under section 303DB of the EPBC Act by revoking the conditions to which the inclusion of the following item in the list on 7 May 2008 is subject:

·         Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, taken in the Northern Territory Timor Reef Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Northern Territory Fisheries Act 1988 and the Northern Territory Fisheries Regulations 1993.

and imposing the following conditions to which inclusion of the specimens in the list is subject:

·         the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully, and

·         the specimens are included in the list until 9 August 2013.

Dated this 1st day of May 2013

………………………Geoff Richardson………………………

Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities