{"id":"F2012L00147","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Conservation Themes for Prioritising Nominations for Listing Threatened Species, Threatened Ecological Communities and Key Threatening Processes for the Assessment Period Commencing 1 October 2012 (06/12/2011)","slug":"environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-prioritising-n","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":142430,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L00147-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Conservation Themes for Prioritising Nominations for Listing Threatened Species, Threatened Ecological Communities and Key Threatening Processes for the Assessment Period Commencing 1 October 2012 (06/12/2011)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\nConservation Themes for Prioritising Nominations for Listing Threatened Species, Threatened Ecological Communities and Key Threatening Processes for the Assessment Period Commencing 1 October 2012\n\nPursuant to section 194D of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, determine the following conservation theme be given priority in relation to the assessment period commencing 1 October 2012:\n\nCorridors and connecting habitats (including freshwater habitats).\n\nDated this 6th day of December 2011\n\nTONY BURKE\n\nMinister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2202},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination exercises the specific power granted by section 194D of the EPBC Act, which explicitly authorises the Minister to determine conservation themes for prioritising nominations. It operates entirely within the statutory framework and does not expand, restrict, or alter the intended scope of the legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Single page with one operative provision","No definitions section or schedules","Only one cross-reference (to section 194D of the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Plain language directive without technical operative machinery"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs the Minister’s assessment priorities under the EPBC Act so nominations tied to wildlife corridors and connecting habitats (including freshwater) received expedited review from 1 October 2012. It affects anyone nominating species, ecological communities or threatening processes by moving connectivity-focused nominations ahead in the assessment queue. It does not itself list or confer legal protection."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-prioritising-n","history":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-prioritising-n/history","analysis":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-prioritising-n/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-prioritising-n/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-prioritising-n/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-prioritising-n/documents"}}