COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

 

Amendment - List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import – s.303EB

 

I, Ian Gordon Campbell, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, pursuant to paragraph 303EC(1)(a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, include the following item on Part 2 of the list of specimens taken to be suitable for live import, established under s.303EB of the EPBC Act, under the heading Vertebrate Animals, Class: Aves (Birds), in the appropriate alphabetical position:

Taxon

Common Name

Appendix

Conditions for Import

Spheniscus demersus

African Penguin

II

Eligible non-commercial purpose only, excluding household pets.

High security facilities only.

 

These changes will take effect on the first day on which they are no longer liable to be disallowed.

 

 

Dated this   20th     day of        December   2005

 

 

 

IAN CAMPBELL

Minister for the Environment and Heritage