COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Victorian Eel Fishery, April 2019
I, JOHN GIBBS, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1)(a) 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 specimens and any associated restrictions or conditions as set out in Schedule 1, and by including in the list specimens and associated restrictions or conditions as set out in Schedule 2.
This instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2003.
The instrument commences the day after it is registered.
SIGNED
….…………………John Gibbs……………………….
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment
SCHEDULE 1
Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals delete from the list the following items and any associated notations:
Taxon/Item | Common Name | Notation | |
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 Victorian Eel Fishery, as defined in the management regime made under the Victorian Fisheries Act 1995 and Fisheries Regulations 2009. | Victorian Eel Fishery |
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SCHEDULE 2
Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals include in the list the following items and associated notations:
Taxon/Item | Common Name | Notation | |
Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates taken in the Victorian Eel Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Act 1995 (Vic) and Fisheries Regulations 2009 (Vic), but not including:
| Victorian Eel Fishery |
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