{"id":"F2014L01671","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Section 269A - Amendment - Instrument Adopting and Revoking Recovery Plans (WA) (03/12/2014)","slug":"environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-amendment-instrument-adop","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":92337,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2014L01671-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity ","sectionType":"part","heading":"Environment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\nAmendment - Instrument Adopting and Revoking Recovery Plans\n\nI, GEOFFREY RICHARDSON, Assistant Secretary, Protected Species and Communities Branch, delegate of the Minister for the Environment, pursuant to subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby amend the Legislative Instrument (F2014L01397) adopting the following State recovery plan:\n\n-   Department of Parks and Wildlife (2014). South Coast Threatened Birds Recovery Plan. Department of Parks and Wildlife, Perth, Western Australia.\n\nTo correct the name for the following species:\n\n| Listed Threatened Species Name:                                         | Change to:                                                             |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Psophodes nigrogularis nigrogularis (western whipbird [western mallee]) | Psophodes nigrogularis nigrogularis (western whipbird [western heath]) |\n\nDated this 3rd day of December 2014\n\nGeoff Richardson\n\nDelegate of the Minister for the Environment\n\nThis instrument comes into force on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":852},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a technical, nomenclature correction that does not alter the substantive scope, legal effect, or coverage of the recovery plan adoption. It merely corrects the common name of a listed subspecies from 'western mallee' to 'western heath' without expanding or restricting the plan's application."},"complexity_factors":["Single, one-word amendment to a species common name","No conditional provisions or exceptions","No defined terms section","Only references are to the empowering legislation (EPBC Act) and the instrument being amended","Document is 1 page with straightforward tabular amendment"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument makes a technical correction to the Federal adoption of Western Australia’s South Coast Threatened Birds Recovery Plan: it fixes a common-name error, changing one subspecies’ name from “western whipbird [western mallee]” to “western whipbird [western heath].” It’s an administrative record correction only—it does not alter protections, the plan’s content, or stakeholders’ legal rights—but improves legal clarity about which bird the plan covers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-amendment-instrument-adop","history":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-amendment-instrument-adop/history","analysis":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-amendment-instrument-adop/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-amendment-instrument-adop/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-amendment-instrument-adop/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-section-269a-amendment-instrument-adop/documents"}}