Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation – Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish Fishery

made under subsection 303FN(2) and paragraph 303FN(10)(d) of the

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Compilation No. 3 

Compilation date:   28 September 2018

Includes amendments up to: Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation – Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish Fishery, September 2018 [F2018N00154]

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation – Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish Fishery that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 28/09/2018 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

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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, having satisfied myself on the matters set out in section 303FN of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), declare the operation that is specified in column 1 of Table 1, to be an approved wildlife trade operation under subsection 303FN (2) of the EPBC Act, but only to the extent the operation relates to the class of specimens specified in column 2 of Table 1.

Table 1

Unless amended or revoked, this declaration:

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 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, Sustainable Fisheries Section, Department of the Environment and Energy, Telephone: (02) 6274 1917 Email: sustainablefisheries@environment.gov.au.

 SCHEDULE

Declaration of the Harvest Operations of the Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish Fishery as an approved wildlife trade operation

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS (section 303FT)

1.  Unless otherwise amended or revoked, this declaration is valid until 14 December 2018, to allow for the Department’s assessment of the fishery, for a longer term wildlife trade operation approval period, to be finalised.

Endnotes 

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

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Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

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Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

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Misdescribed amendments

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If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history. 

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history