COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

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

I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, pursuant to paragraph 303EC (1) (a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, make the following amendment to Part 2 of the list of specimens taken to be suitable for live import, established under s.303EB of the Act, under the heading Invertebrate Animals, Arthropods (Arthropoda), Class Insecta in the appropriate alphabetic position:

Add:

Taxon

Common Name

Conditions for Import

Drosophila birchii

Fruit Fly, Vinegar Fly, Pomace Fly

Research only. High security facilities only.

This amendment will take effect on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Dated this...19.....day of...2. ...2013.....2013

Tony Burke

TONY BURKE

Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities