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List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment (Pygmy Hippopotamus) Instrument 2019

Authoritative Version
  • - F2019L00367
  • No longer in force
Lists as made
This instrument amends the List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import (29/11/2001) to allow live specimens of Choeropsis liberiensis to be imported into Australia.
Administered by: Environment and Energy
Registered 25 Mar 2019
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR02-Apr-2019
Tabled Senate02-Apr-2019
Date of repeal 12 Sep 2019
Repealed by Division 1 of Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Legislation Act 2003

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

 

List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment                  (Pygmy Hippopotamus) Instrument 2019

 

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 the List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import (29/11/2001):

 

1.      Part 2 of the List: Under the heading ‘Vertebrate Animals’, Class: Mammals (Mammalia) in the appropriate alphabetic position:

 

Add:

Taxon

Common Name

Conditions for Import

Choeropsis liberiensis

Pygmy Hippopotamus

Eligible non-commercial purpose only, excluding household pets.

 

This instrument commences the day after registration.

 

 

Dated              4 March           2019

 

 

 

 

 

MELISSA PRICE

Minister for the Environment