COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment 2018 (No. 5)
I, MELISSA PRICE, Assistant Minister for the Environment, pursuant to paragraph 303EC (1)(a)(i) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, make the following amendment to Part 2 of the list of specimens taken to be suitable for live import, established under s303EB of the Act:
Under the heading Invertebrate Animals, Phylum Mollusca (Molluscs) in the appropriate alphabetic position:
Add:
Taxon | Common Name | Condition |
Crassostrea gigas Crassostrea sikamea Crassostrea virginica Ostrea edulis Ostrea conchaphila Ostrea lurida | Pacific oyster Kumamoto oyster Atlantic oyster European flat oyster Olympia oyster northern Olympia oyster | Research only. High security facilities only. |
This amendment will take effect the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Dated this 28 day of March 2018
MELISSA PRICE
Assistant Minister for the Environment
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).