{"id":"F2013L00422","name":"Approval of the South-West Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network Management Plan 2014-2024","slug":"approval-of-the-south-west-commonwealth-marine-reserves-network-management-plan-2014-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":172710,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L00422-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-04","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Approval of the South-West Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network Management Plan 2014-2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![austgov-stacked](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\n \n\n###### Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\n \n\nAPPROVAL OF THE SOUTH-WEST COMMONWEALTH MARINE RESERVES NETWORK MANAGEMENT PLAN 2014-2024\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nI, TONY BURKE, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, acting pursuant to section 370 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby approve the South-west Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network Management Plan 2014-2024.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated this ……5........ day of …….March……, 2013\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nTony Burke\n\n \n\nTony Burke\n\nMinister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":921},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"rejection_reason":"","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The document performs exactly the single function described in its title: approving the specified marine reserves management plan. There is no expansion beyond the original statutory purpose of section 370 of the EPBC Act, which is to provide ministerial approval for reserve management plans."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (the approval itself)","No defined terms requiring interpretation","No conditional logic or exceptions","Only one cross-reference (to section 370 of the parent Act)","Document consists entirely of formal boilerplate plus the approval clause"],"plain_english_summary":"This is the Environment Minister’s formal approval of the 2014–2024 management plan for Australia’s South‑West Commonwealth marine reserves, giving legal force to the rules that govern what activities are allowed or prohibited in the network. Without this approval the reserves would lack clear legal guidance on balancing conservation with commercial use.\n\nIt affects commercial and recreational fishers, oil and gas companies, tourism operators, conservation groups, and Traditional Owners with sea‑country interests."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/approval-of-the-south-west-commonwealth-marine-reserves-network-management-plan-2014-2024","history":"/api/acts/approval-of-the-south-west-commonwealth-marine-reserves-network-management-plan-2014-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/approval-of-the-south-west-commonwealth-marine-reserves-network-management-plan-2014-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/approval-of-the-south-west-commonwealth-marine-reserves-network-management-plan-2014-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/approval-of-the-south-west-commonwealth-marine-reserves-network-management-plan-2014-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/approval-of-the-south-west-commonwealth-marine-reserves-network-management-plan-2014-2024/documents"}}