COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Northern Territory Aquarium Fishery, December 2022
I, Adam Sincock, Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, 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 notations specified in Schedule 1, and by including in the list specimens and associated notations specified in Schedule 2.
This instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2003.
The instrument commences the day after it is registered.
Dated this 29th day of November 2022
Adam Sincock
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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water
SCHEDULE 1
Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals delete from the list the following items and any associated notations:
| 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, and specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act, taken in the Northern Territory Aquarium Fishery, (being the Aquarium Fishing /Display Fishery as defined in the Northern Territory Fisheries Regulations in force under the Northern Territory Fisheries Act 1988), | Northern Territory Aquarium Fishery | the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully; and 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. |
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SCHEDULE 2
Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals include in the list the following items and associated notations:
| Taxon/Item | Common Name | Notation |
| Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates taken in the Northern Territory Aquarium Fishery as defined in the Northern Territory Fisheries Act 1988 and Fisheries Regulations 1992 (NT), but not including: (a) specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 209 of the EPBC Act (Australia’s List of Migratory Species), or (b) specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 248 of the EPBC Act (Australia’s List of Marine Species), or (c) specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as defined under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or (d) specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES List). | Northern Territory Aquarium Fishery | · the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully; and · 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. |