ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999

Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Listed migratory species

(a): establish a list of migratory species for the purposes of this Act; and
(b): amend the list, as necessary, so that it includes all species required to be included in the list under subsection (3).

(2): The Minister must establish the list within 30 days after the commencement of this Act.
(3): The list must include:

(a): all species from time to time included in appendices to the Bonn Convention and for which Australia is a Range State under the Convention; and
(b): all species from time to time included in lists established under JAMBA and CAMBA; and
(c): all native species from time to time identified in a list established under, or an instrument made under, an international agreement approved by the Minister under subsection (4).

The list must not include any other species.

(4): The Minister may, by instrument published in the Gazette , approve an international agreement for the purposes of subsection (3) if satisfied it is an agreement relevant to the conservation of migratory species.
(5): An instrument mentioned in subsection (4) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(6): The Minister may, by instrument published in the Gazette , correct an inaccuracy or update the name of a migratory species.

Subdivision B—Permit system

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