Declaration of a Wildlife Trade Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in Western Australia 2024-2028 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF A WILDLIFE TRADE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE COMMERCIAL HARVEST OF KANGAROOS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA 2024-2028

I, Belinda Jago, Branch Head, Ocean and Wildlife Branch, as delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, declare under subsection 303FO(2) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, that the Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in Western Australia 2024-2028, 2023 (Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, December 2023) is an approved Wildlife Trade Management Plan for the purposes of section 303FO of the EPBC Act.

Unless amended or revoked, this declaration has effect subject to the following conditions applied under section 303FT:

1. The commercial harvest of kangaroos in Western Australia must be undertaken in accordance with the Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in Western Australia 2024-2028, 2023 (Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, December 2023 (Plan).

2. The annual commercial harvest quota report detailed in Performance Indicator 18 (Section 3.3 Management actions and performance indicators, Action 10) of the Plan must be submitted to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 30 November each year.

3. The annual report detailed in Performance Indicator 26 (Section 3.3 Management actions and performance indicators, Action 16) of the Plan must be submitted to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 31 March each year. The annual report must cover the previous calendar year.

4. This declaration is valid for five years from 1 January 2024 until 31 December 2028.

Dated this 18th day of December 2023