COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment
(4 species of Vinegar Flies, Drosophila spp.) Instrument 2022
I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, pursuant to subparagraphs 303EC(1)(a)(i) and 303EC(1)(a)(iii) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and having considered a report prepared for the purposes of paragraph 303EC(5)(a) of that Act, make the following amendments by including in Part 2 of the List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import (29/11/2001) under the heading ‘Invertebrate Animals’, ‘Anthropods (Anthropoda)’ in the appropriate alphabetic position:
Taxon | Common Name | Conditions for import |
Drosophila azteca | vinegar fly, pomace fly | Research only. High security facilities only. |
Drosophila bifasciata | vinegar fly, pomace fly | Research only. High security facilities only. |
Drosophila eugracilis | vinegar fly, pomace fly | Research only. High security facilities only. |
Drosophila subobscura | vinegar fly, pomace fly | Research only. High security facilities only. |
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Dated: 29 Nov 2022
Tanya Plibersek
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TANYA PLIBERSEK
Minister for the Environment and Water