COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, PETER GARRETT, Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts pursuant to subsection 303DC(1) 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 the following item that was included on the list on 29 May 2009 and any associated notations:

• 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, taken in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, as defined in the management regime in force under the Commonwealth Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the Commonwealth Fisheries Management (Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery) Regulations 2002.

Dated this 13th day of  April 2010

……………Peter Garrett………………

Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts