{"id":"F2019L00172","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (National Recovery Plan—Clay Pans of the Swan Coastal Plain Ecological Community) Adoption Instrument 2019","slug":"environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-national-recovery-plan-clay-pans-of-the-swan-co","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":98812,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2019L00172-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (National Recovery Plan—Clay Pans of the Swan Coastal Plain Ecological Community) Adoption Instrument 2019","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\nSection 269A\n\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (National Recovery Plan—Clay Pans of the Swan Coastal Plain Ecological Community) Adoption Instrument 2019\n\nI, MELISSA PRICE, Minister for the Environment, under subsection section 269A(7) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, herby adopt a recovery plan for the listed threatened ecological community specified below, the plan made by the Western Australian Government:\n\n| Listed Ecological Community         | Recovery Plan                                                                                                                                                               |\n| ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Clay pans of the Swan Coastal Plain | National Recovery Plan for the Clay pans of the Swan Coastal Plain Ecological Community. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Perth, Western Australia |\n\nDated this 15 day of February 2019\n\nMelissa Price\n\nMelissa Price\n\nMinister for the Environment\n\nThis recovery plan will come into force on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.\n\nNote: 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).","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope unchanged. The instrument records adoption of the WA recovery plan for the listed Clay pans community and sets its commencement; the only recorded change at registration was an amendment to the instrument's name for uniqueness (see registration note)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrow legal action: a ministerial adoption of an externally prepared recovery plan (cites s269A(7)).","Reliance on an external document: the instrument adopts a plan made by the Western Australian Government rather than creating new text.","Simple commencement trigger: plan takes effect the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation (stated in the instrument).","Minimal content: the instrument records adoption and commencement but contains no implementation, funding, enforcement, or procedural detail.","Administrative amendment noted: instrument name was amended on registration for uniqueness (registration/Legislation Rule 2016 reference)."],"plain_english_summary":"`Adopts` under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (s269A(7)) the Western Australian \"National Recovery Plan for the Clay pans of the Swan Coastal Plain Ecological Community\" as the Commonwealth recovery plan for that listed ecological community. The adoption is a Ministerial decision and the plan takes effect the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation. It concerns those responsible for managing or regulating that community (for example, land managers and conservation agencies)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function it was designed for: adopting a specific recovery plan under s 269A of the EPBC Act. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision adopting a pre-existing document","No defined terms in the instrument itself","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references to other legislative provisions beyond the empowering section (s 269A(7))","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content","Straightforward tabular format identifying the specific ecological community and corresponding plan"],"plain_english_summary":"The federal Environment Minister formally adopts the Western Australian recovery plan for the Clay pans of the Swan Coastal Plain, making the state plan the national strategy for conserving this threatened wetland ecosystem. \n\nThat gives the plan legal weight under the EPBC Act, binding federal and state agencies and affecting land managers and developers in the Swan Coastal Plain whose actions could impact these seasonal wetlands."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-national-recovery-plan-clay-pans-of-the-swan-co","history":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-national-recovery-plan-clay-pans-of-the-swan-co/history","analysis":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-national-recovery-plan-clay-pans-of-the-swan-co/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-national-recovery-plan-clay-pans-of-the-swan-co/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-national-recovery-plan-clay-pans-of-the-swan-co/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-national-recovery-plan-clay-pans-of-the-swan-co/documents"}}