Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

This amends the list of exempt native specimes established under section 303DB of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) by revoking the conditions to which the inclusion of the following items in the list is subject: 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 Scallop Fishery; 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 Queensland East Coast Pearl Fishery, as defined in the management regime in force under the Queensland Fisheries Act 2004 and Fisheries Regulation 2008. The amendment imposes the following conditions to which inclusion of the specimens in the list is subject: the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully and the specimens are included in the list until 15 January 2016.