COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, DAVID ALISTAIR KEMP, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby amend the list of exempt native specimens established under section 303DB of the Act by including in the list the following specimens:

Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, taken in the Western Australian Shark Bay Scallop Managed Fishery as defined in the Shark Bay Scallop Management Plan 1994 under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (WA), other than specimens belonging to an eligible listed threatened species,

with a notation that inclusion of the specimens in the list is subject to the following restrictions or conditions:

• The specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully;
• The specimen is included on the list until 01 January 2008

Dated this  11th  day of     February 2003

………………David Kemp..…….

Minister for the Environment and Heritage