{"id":"F2007L00332","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Listing of CITES Species - Declaration of stricter domestic measure (25/01/2007)","slug":"f2007l00332","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":325305,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L00332-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Listing of CITES Species - Declaration of stricter domestic measure (25/01/2007)","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\nListing of CITES Species\n\nDeclaration of stricter domestic measure\n\nI, Ian Gordon Campbell, Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage, pursuant to subsection 303CB(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), hereby declare that the list of CITES[\\[1\\]](#_ftn1) species established under subsection 303CA(1) of the EPBC Act, has effect as if all species of the order Cetacea (all whales, porpoises and dolphins) included in Appendix II of CITES are included in Appendix I of CITES.\n\nThe amendment will take effect on the date that Items 423, 434, 439 and 441 of the Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2006 commences.\n\nDated this 25th day of January 2007\n\nIan Gordon Campbell\n\nMinister for the Environment and Heritage\n\n---\n\n[\\[1\\]](#_ftnref1) The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora made at Washington on 3 March 1973, as amended and in force for Australia from time\\-to\\-time.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2565},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 2007 declaration made under section 303CB of the EPBC Act. It exercises the specific power to apply stricter domestic measures exactly as intended by the parent Act, without expanding beyond the original legislative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (the declaration itself)","No defined terms within the instrument","No conditional logic or exceptions","Straightforward reference to external treaties (CITES Appendices)"],"plain_english_summary":"Australia is imposing stricter domestic rules on whales, dolphins and porpoises by treating species listed under CITES Appendix II as if they were Appendix I, effectively barring commercial international trade. This affects anyone importing or exporting cetaceans or their parts — including researchers, museums and wildlife traders — and closes commercial trade loopholes to bolster conservation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2007l00332","history":"/api/acts/f2007l00332/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2007l00332/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2007l00332/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2007l00332/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2007l00332/documents"}}