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This instrument declares the Northern Australia Aboriginal Kakadu Plum Alliance Cooperative Limited (NAAKPA) is an approved existing stocks wildlife trade operation.
Administered by: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Registered 06 Jul 2023

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

 

 

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED EXISTING STOCKS WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION –

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ABORIGINAL KAKADU PLUM ALLIANCE COOPERATIVE LIMITED (NAAKPA) 2023-2026

 

 

I, Belinda Jago, Branch Head, Oceans and Wildlife Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water am satisfied that the operation conducted by the Northern Australia Aboriginal Kakadu Plum Alliance Cooperative Limited (NAAKPA) to commercially export existing stocks of harvested Kakadu Plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana), is an existing stocks wildlife trade operation, as defined by regulation 9A.20(4) and (5) under subsection 303FN(10)(f).

 

I declare under subsection 303FN(2) that the Northern Australia Aboriginal Kakadu Plum Alliance Cooperative Limited (NAAKPA) is an approved existing stocks wildlife trade operation.

 

This declaration has effect subject to the following conditions applied under section 303FT:

 

1.         The operation is to be undertaken in accordance with the proposal submitted to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on 12 May 2023.

 

2.         Commercial harvest for export is restricted to Kakadu Plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana).

 

3.         This approval covers Kakadu Plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) acquired and recorded by the Northern Australia Aboriginal Kakadu Plum Alliance Cooperative Limited (NAAKPA) prior to the approval of NAAKPA’s Developmental Wildlife Trade Operation on 27 June 2023.

 

4.         This declaration is valid for three years from the date after its registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.

 

5.         Commercial harvest must have been undertaken in accordance with the necessary permits and approvals required under Western Australian and Northern Territory laws.

 

6.         The Northern Australia Aboriginal Kakadu Plum Alliance Cooperative Limited (NAAKPA) must submit a report to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 25 June each year. The report must include the quantity of Kakadu Plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) harvested and exported in the preceding 12 months, and the export destination.

 

 

 

 

Dated this 5th day of July 2023

 

Belinda Jago

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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A person whose interests are affected by this declaration may, within 28 days, make an application in writing to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water for the reasons for the decision.

 

An application for independent review of the decision (under section 303GJ(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), on payment of the relevant fee (currently $1,826 or reduced fee where applicable due to financial hardship) by the applicant, either within 28 days of receipt of the reasons for the decision, or within 28 days of this declaration if reasons for the decision are not sought. Applications should be made to the Deputy Registrar, AAT in your Capital City. Please visit the AAT’s website at Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Administrative Appeals Tribunal (aat.gov.au) for further information.

 

You may make an application under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) to access documents relevant to this decision. For further information, please visit https://www.dcceew.gov.au/about/reporting/freedom-of-information. Further enquiries should be directed to the Director, Wildlife Trade Assessments Section, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by email: wta@dcceew.gov.au or telephone: 1800 075 065.