Brief - 2016 - Jardini Pty Ltd - Att J - WTO Declaration (Existing stocks)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF AN
APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION

I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999,

(a) having considered public comments as required by section 303FR

(b) being satisfied as to those matters set out in sub-section 303FN(3)

and

declare that Jardini Pty Ltd is an existing stocks wildlife trade operation as defined by subsection 303FN(10) Regulation 9A.20(5) for the harvest of Neoceratodus forsteri (Australian Lungfish) from Queensland waters by Jardini Pty Ltd between October 2016 and November 2016.

Dated this 17 day of February 2017

Paul Murphy

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy

A person whose interests are affected by this declaration may, within 28 days, make an application in writing to the Department of the Environment and Energy 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 $884 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 http://www.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 http://www.environment.gov.au/foi/index.html.

Further enquiries should be directed to the Director, Wildlife Trade Assessments Section, Department of the Environment and Energy, Email: wta@environment.gov.au, Telephone: (02) 6274 1900 (options 2).