COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment
(Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi) Instrument 2018
I, Melissa Price, Minister for the Environment, pursuant to subparagraph 303EC(1)(a)(i) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and having considered a report under subparagraph 303EC(5)(a) of that Act, make the following amendments to Part 2 of the List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import (29/11/2001):
1. Under the heading ‘Invertebrate Animals’, ‘Molluscs (Mollusca)’ in the appropriate alphabetic position:
Add:
| Taxon | Common Name | Conditions for Import |
| Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi | A freshwater snail | Research only. High security facilities only. |
2. Under the heading Invertebrate Animals, Phylum Mollusca (Molluscs) in the appropriate alphabetic position:
Remove:
| 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. |
Add:
| Taxon | Common Name | Conditions for Import |
| Crassostrea gigas | Pacific Oyster | Research only. High security facilities only. |
| Crassostrea sikamea | Kumamoto Oyster | Research only. High security facilities only. |
| Crassostrea virginica | Atlantic Oyster | Research only. High security facilities only. |
| Ostrea edulis | European Flat Oyster | Research only. High security facilities only. |
| Ostrea conchaphila | Olympia Oyster | Research only. High security facilities only. |
| Ostrea lurida | Northern Olympia Oyster | Research only. High security facilities only. |
This instrument commences the day after registration.
Dated 19/12/2018
MELISSA PRICE
Minister for the Environment