COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens
I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1)(a) 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 deleting from the list specimens and any associated restrictions or conditions as set out in Schedule 1, and by including in the list specimens and associated restrictions or conditions as set out in Schedule 2.
….……………………Paul Murphy…………………….
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy
SCHEDULE 1
Taxon/Item
Common Name
Notation
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 (other than a species listed in the conservation dependent category), and
specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list) taken in the Coral Sea Fishery, as defined in the Commonwealth Fisheries Management Regulations 1992.
Coral Sea Fishery
the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully;
the specimens are covered by the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act in relation to the fishery.
SCHEDULE 2
specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list) taken in the Coral Sea Fishery, as defined in the Commonwealth Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the Commonwealth Fisheries Management Regulations 1992.
the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully; and
the specimens are included in the list until 30 June 2017.