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List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment 2018 (No. 5)

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This law adds six specific species of oysters to Australia's approved list for live import, but only for scientific research and only in high-security facilities.

The species now permitted are:

Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)
Kumamoto oyster (Crassostrea sikamea)
Atlantic oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis)
Olympia oyster (Ostrea conchaphila)
Northern Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida)

Under Australian environmental law, live animals cannot be brought into the country unless they appear on an official "suitable for live import" list. This amendment adds these oysters to that list to allow controlled research, while strict conditions (high-security facilities only) aim to prevent them from escaping and becoming invasive pests in Australian waters.

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List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment 2018 (No. 5)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment 2018 (No. 5)

I, MELISSA PRICE, Assistant Minister for the Environment, pursuant to paragraph 303EC (1)(a)(i) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, make the following amendment to Part 2 of the list of specimens taken to be suitable for live import, established under s303EB of the Act:

Under the heading Invertebrate Animals, Phylum Mollusca (Molluscs) in the appropriate alphabetic position:

Add:

Taxon	Common Name	Condition
Crassostrea gigasCrassostrea sikameaCrassostrea virginicaOstrea edulisOstrea conchaphilaOstrea lurida	Pacific oysterKumamoto oysterAtlantic oysterEuropean flat oysterOlympia oysternorthern Olympia oyster	Research only. High security facilities only.

This amendment will take effect the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Dated this 28 day of March 2018

MELISSA PRICE

Assistant Minister for the Environment

Note: The name of this instrument was amended on registration as the instrument as lodged did not have a unique name (see subsection 10(2), Legislation Rule 2016).

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1 List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment 2018 (No. 5)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment 2018 (No. 5)

Under the heading Invertebrate Animals, Phylum Mollusca (Molluscs) in the appropriate alphabetic position:

Add:

Taxon	Common Name	Condition
Crassostrea gigasCrassostrea sikameaCrassostrea virginicaOstrea edulisOstrea conchaphilaOstrea lurida	Pacific oysterKumamoto oysterAtlantic oysterEuropean flat oysterOlympia oysternorthern Olympia oyster	Research only. High security facilities only.

This amendment will take effect the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Dated this 28 day of March 2018

MELISSA PRICE

Assistant Minister for the Environment

Note: The name of this instrument was amended on registration as the instrument as lodged did not have a unique name (see subsection 10(2), Legislation Rule 2016).