{"id":"F2006L00172","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - section 269A - Adoption of a Territory Plan as a Recovery Plan (01/01/2006)","slug":"environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-adoption-of-a-territory-p","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":58089,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L00172-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity ","sectionType":"part","heading":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999","content":"# Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\nSection 269A\n\nAdoption of a Territory Plan as a Recovery Plan\n\nI, IAN GORDON CAMPBELL, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, under section 269A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby adopt as a recovery plan for the listed threatened species specified below, the respective plan made by the Australian Capital Territory (or agencies of the Territory) specified opposite those listed threatened species:\n\nAustralian Capital Territory Recovery Plan (1)\n\n| Listed Threatened Species or Ecological Community                                                              | Recovery Plan                                                                                                                                                                         |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Natural Temperate Grassland of the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory | Environment ACT 2005 National Recovery Plan for Natural Temperate Grassland of the Southern Tablelands (NSW and ACT): an endangered ecological community (Environment ACT, Canberra). |\n\nThis recovery plan will come into force on the date of signing of this instrument.\n\nDated this 1st day of January 2006.\n\nIAN CAMPBELL\n\nMinister for the Environment and Heritage","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2243},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 2006 instrument adopting a single ACT recovery plan for a specific endangered ecological community. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of giving federal legal effect to the specified Territory plan."},"complexity_factors":["Single table entry adopting one specific plan for one ecological community","No defined terms, interpretation section, or conditional logic","Direct, unqualified application of section 269A of the EPBC Act","Extremely short instrument with no internal cross-references or nested provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"The federal Environment Minister has adopted the ACT Government’s 2005 recovery plan for the Natural Temperate Grassland of the Southern Tablelands as a recovery plan under the EPBC Act, giving the local conservation strategy federal legal force.  \n\nThat makes the plan binding for federal approval decisions: activities or developments affecting this endangered grassland in the ACT and southern NSW must now account for the plan’s protections, affecting landowners, developers and agencies."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-adoption-of-a-territory-p","history":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-adoption-of-a-territory-p/history","analysis":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-adoption-of-a-territory-p/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-adoption-of-a-territory-p/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-adoption-of-a-territory-p/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-adoption-of-a-territory-p/documents"}}