COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE MANAGEMENT PLAN (NSW CUT FLOWERS) DECLARATION 2017

I, Ilse Kiessling, Acting 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 (the Act), declare under subsection 303FO(2) of the Act, that the Cut-flower Sustainable Management Plan 2018-2022. Protected and threatened plants in the cut-flower industry (prepared by the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage) is an Approved Wildlife Trade Management Plan for the purposes of section 303FO of the Act.

This declaration has effect subject to the following conditions applied under section 303FT of the Act:

1. Harvesting of cut flowers, foliage and other plant parts for the cut flower industry in New South Wales is to be done in accordance with the Cut-flower Sustainable Management Plan 2018-2022. Protected and threatened plants in the cut-flower industry.
2. The approval excludes wild harvested specimens of species listed as threatened under the Act.
3. Monitoring and harvest data is to be kept by the Office of Environment and Heritage and supplied to the Department of Environment and Energy on request.  Data requested may include details of:

• The number of licences issued.
• Harvest data: species, plant part harvested, quantity, source of plant (wild, cultivated or artificially propagated), land tenure.
• Enforcement activities, including statistics showing the number and type of offences detected, and action taken.

4.      This declaration applies from the 1 January 2018 until 31 December 2022 or until the plan is replaced by another approved Wildlife Trade Management Plan, whichever is sooner.

Dated this 20 day of December 2017

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 information may be obtained from:

Director, Wildlife Trade Assessments

Department of the Environment and Energy

GPO Box 787

CANBERRA ACT 2601

Telephone: (02) 6274 1900