Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Tasmanian Giant Crab Fishery, January 2020 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Tasmanian Giant Crab Fishery, January 2020

I, DANE ROBERTS, Acting Assistant Secretary, Environment Approvals and Wildlife Trade 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 notations specified 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 10th day of January 2020

Dane Roberts ….………………………………………………. 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 that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, taken in the Tasmanian Giant Crab Fishery, as defined in the Tasmanian Fisheries (Giant Crab) Rules 2013 in force under the Tasmanian Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995. Tasmanian Giant Crab Fishery the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully; and the specimens are included in the list until 18 July 2019.