{"id":"F2007B00400","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - section 269A - Adoption of State Plans as Recovery Plans (05/10/2001)","slug":"f2007b00400","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":325149,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00400-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity ","sectionType":"part","heading":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999","content":"# Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999\n\nI, ROBERT MURRAY HILL, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, in pursuance of s269A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby declare that the following Recovery Plans (15):\n\nAustralian Capital Territory (1)\n\nRobertson, P. & Cooper, P. 2000. Recovery Plan for the Grassland Earless Dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla). Unpublished report to Environment Australia, Canberra.\n\nNew South Wales (1)\n\nRobertson, G. Matthes, M. and Smith, M. 1996. Recovery Plan for Persoonia nutans. 1996-\n\n2001\\. NSW Parks and Wildlife Service.\n\nQueensland (3)\n\nLundie-Jenkins, G. and Payne, A. 2000. Recovery Plan for the Julia Creek dunnart\n\n(Sminthopsis douglasi) 2000-2004. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Brisbane.\n\nQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service. 2001. Recovery Plan for the southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius johnsonii 2001-2005. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Brisbane.\n\nMcDonald, K.R., Bolitho, E., Dennis, A., Simpson, N. and Winter, J.W. 2000. Recovery Plan\n\nfor the magnificent broodfrog Pseudophryne covacevichae 2000-2004. Unpublished report to Environment Australia, Canberra.\n\nWestern Australia (10)\n\nEnglish, V. 1999. Shrubland Association on Southern Swan Coastal Plain Ironstone\n\n(Busselton Area) (Southern Ironstone Association) Interim recovery Plan 1999 – 2002. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Wanneroo, WA.\n\nEnglish, V. and Blyth, J. 2000. Aquatic root mat communities numbers 1-4 of caves of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge, Interim Recovery Plan, 2000-2003. Department of Conservation\n\nand Land Management, Wanneroo, WA.\n\nEnglish, V and Blyth, J. 2000. Assemblages of Organic Mound (Tumulus) Springs of the\n\nSwan Coastal Plain, Interim Recovery Plan, 2000-2003. Department of Conservation and\n\nLand Management, Wanneroo, WA.\n\nEnglish, V and Blyth, J. 2000. Shrubland and woodlands on Muchea Limestone, Interim Recovery Plan 2000-2003. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Wanneroo,\n\nWA.\n\n  \nEnglish, V and Blyth, J. 2000. Eastern Shrublands and woodlands (Swan Coastal Plain Community 20C) Interim Recovery Plan 2000-2003. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Wanneroo, WA.\n\nEnglish, V and Blyth, J. 2000. Corymbia calophylla - Kingia australis woodlands on heavy\n\nsoil (Swan Coastal Plain Community type 3a -Gibson et al. 1994), Interim Recovery Plan\n\n2000-2003. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Wanneroo, WA.\n\nEnglish, V and Blyth, J. 2000. Corymbia calophylla - Xanthorrhoea preissii woodlands and shrublands (Swan Coastal Plain Community type 3c -Gibson et al. 1994), Interim Recovery\n\nPlan 2000-2003. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Wanneroo, WA.\n\nEnglish, V and Blyth, J. 2000. Shrublands and woodlands on Perth to Gingin Ironstone,\n\nInterim Recovery Plan 2000-2003. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Wanneroo, WA.\n\nOrell, P and Morris, K. 1994. Chuditch Recovery Plan 1992-2001. Department of\n\nConservation and Land Management, Wanneroo, WA.\n\nBurbidgee, A.A. and Kutchling, G. 1994. Western Swamp Tortoise Recovery Plan. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Wanneroo, WA.\n\nare adopted as Recovery Plans under this Act.\n\nDated this 5th day of October 2001.\n\nROBERT HILL\n\nMinister for the Environment and Heritage","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by s269A of the EPBC Act — adopting state plans as federal Recovery Plans. The scope remains tightly confined to this specific administrative mechanism."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: a straightforward declaration under s269A with no conditional logic","No defined terms within the instrument itself — relies entirely on external definitions in the parent Act","No cross-references to other sections beyond the enabling provision (s269A)","Simple list structure: 15 items grouped by jurisdiction with bibliographic citations","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested conditions","Length is purely due to the cataloguing of 15 separate plans, not legal complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"The federal Environment Minister has declared 15 state-developed conservation plans (from ACT, NSW, QLD and WA) to be national Recovery Plans under the EPBC Act, formally adopting them as federal law. This makes protections for 15 threatened species and ecological communities legally binding, aligns state and federal conservation rules, and can unlock federal funding and enforcement to better protect those species and habitats."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument exercises the specific power in s269A to adopt existing state recovery plans as Recovery Plans under the EPBC Act; it does not add new species or extend coverage beyond the listed plans, nor does it amend their content. The declaration (dated 5 October 2001) changes the legal status of the named documents without changing their substantive text."},"complexity_factors":["Single, simple statutory mechanism: a Ministerial declaration made under s269A to adopt specified plans.","Cross-jurisdictional list: 15 plans spanning Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, increasing administrative coordination needs.","Heterogeneous documents: adopted items include interim and full recovery plans with different authors, dates and timeframes (e.g. interim plans 1999–2003, recovery plans with multi‑year terms).","Limited operational detail in the declaration: it adopts documents but does not specify implementation responsibilities, funding, enforcement mechanisms or how conflicts between state content and Commonwealth procedures are resolved.","Legal effect is discrete but consequential: conversion of state reports into statutory Recovery Plans alters their legal status for Commonwealth decision‑making under the Act, though the declaration itself contains no substantive conservation measures."],"plain_english_summary":"This Ministerial declaration under section 269A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 adopts fifteen existing state and territory recovery plans as Recovery Plans under the Act. It makes those listed state-prepared documents the official Commonwealth Recovery Plans for the named species and communities, so they can be used in Commonwealth environmental decision‑making. The Minister decides; the listed plans, and the agencies that prepared them, are the primary subjects of the change."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2007b00400","history":"/api/acts/f2007b00400/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2007b00400/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2007b00400/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2007b00400/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2007b00400/documents"}}