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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Queensland Coral Fishery, JUne 2018

I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy, 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.

All state and territory legislation referred to in Schedule 2 to the instrument is incorporated as in force at the time this instrument commences.

Dated this   20th  day of   June  2018

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy

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 of species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, and specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act, taken in the Queensland Coral Fishery, as defined in the management regime in force under the Queensland's Fisheries Act 1994 and Fisheries Regulation 2008,  Queensland Coral Fishery  the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the specimens are covered by the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act in relation to the fishery.

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 Queensland Coral Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Act 1994 (Qld) and Fisheries Regulation 2008 (Qld), but not including:  Queensland Coral Fishery  The specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully, and
   * specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as defined under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or
   * specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia's CITES List).                                                                                                                                                               The specimens are covered by the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act in relation to the fishery.