{"id":"F2010L00076","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - section 269A - Instrument Adopting and Repealing Recovery Plans (10/12/2009) (QLD, SA, WA)","slug":"f2010l00076","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":335666,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L00076-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 Conservation Act 1999","content":"# Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\nSection 269A\n\nInstrument Adopting and Repealing Recovery Plans\n\nI, CAROLYN WEISS CAMERON, Acting Assistant Secretary, Approvals and Wildlife Division, delegate for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts:\n\n(a) pursuant to subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby repeal the following recovery plans that are currently adopted under subsection 269A(7) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999:\n\n\\- National Recovery Plan for Malleefowl, Joe Benshemesh, Environment Australia, October 2000 (adopted on 9 March 2001)\n\n\\- Recovery Plan for the Julia Creek Dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi) 2000-2004, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Brisbane (2000) (adopted on 5 October 2001)\n\n\\- Orange-flowered Wattle (Acacia auratiflora ms.) Interim Recovery Plan 1999-2002, Dept of CALM (1999) (adopted on 9 March 2001)\n\n\\- Spiral-fruited Wattle (Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. cochlocarpa ms) Interim Recovery Plan 1999-2002, WA Dept of CALM (1999) (adopted on 9 March 2001)\n\n\\- Recovery Plan for the Matchstick Banksia Banksia cuneata 1992-2001, WA Dept of CALM (1991) (adopted on 16 July 2000)\n\n\\- Dwarf Spider Orchid (Caladenia bryceana subsp. bryceana ms.) Interim Recovery Plan 1999-2002, WA Dept of CALM (1999) (adopted on 9 March 2001)\n\n\\- Prostrate Flame Flower (Chorizema humile) Interim Recovery Plan 1999-2002, WA Dept of CALM (1999) (adopted on 9 March 2001)\n\n\\- Western Woolly Cyphanthera (Cyphanthera odgersii subsp. occidentalis) Interim Recovery Plan 1999-2002, WA Dept of CALM (1999) (adopted on 16 July 2000)\n\n(b) under subsection 269A(7) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby adopt as recovery plans for the listed threatened species specified below, the respective plans made by Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia (or agencies of those States) specified opposite those listed threatened species:\n\nQueensland Recovery Plans (1)\n\n| Listed Threatened Species                | Recovery Plan                                                                                                                                                                         |\n| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Sminthopsis douglasi Julia Creek Dunnart | Department of Environment and Resource Management (2009). National recovery plan for the Julia Creek Dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi). Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Brisbane. |\n\nSouth Australian Recovery Plans (1)\n\n| Listed Threatened Species  | Recovery Plan                                                                                                                          |\n| -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Leipoa ocellata Malleefowl | Benshemesh, J (2007). National Recovery Plan for Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata. Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia. |\n\nWestern Australian Recovery Plans (6)\n\n| Listed Threatened Species                                                                | Recovery Plan                                                                                                                                                                                          |\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |\n| Acacia auratiflora Orange-flowered Wattle                                                | Department of Environment and Conservation (2008). Orange-flowered Wattle (Acacia auratiflora) Recovery Plan. Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth, Western Australia.                    |\n| Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. cochlocarpa Spiral-fruited Wattle                              | Department of Environment and Conservation (2008). Spiral-fruited Wattle (Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. cochlocarpa) Recovery Plan. Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth, Western Australia.  |\n| Banksia cuneata Matchstick Banksia, Quairadind Banksia                                   | Department of Environment and Conservation (2008). Matchstick Banksia (Banksia cuneata) Recovery Plan. Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth, Western Australia.                           |\n| Caladenia bryceana subsp. bryceana Dwarf Spider-orchid                                   | Department of Environment and Conservation (2008). Dwarf Spider Orchid (Caladenia bryceana subsp. bryceana) Recovery Plan. Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth, Western Australia.       |\n| Chorizema humile Prostrate Flame Pea                                                     | Department of Environment and Conservation (2009). Prostrate Flame Flower (Chorizema humile) Recovery Plan. Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth, Western Australia.                      |\n| Cyphanthera odgersii subsp. occidentalis Western Woolly Cyphanthera, Western Cyphanthera | Department of Environment and Conservation (2008). Western Cyphanthera (Cyphanthera odgersii subsp. occidentalis) Recovery Plan. Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth, Western Australia. |\n\nThe adopted recovery plans will come into force on the day after this instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\nThe repeal of the recovery plans specified in paragraph (a) of this instrument will take effect on the day after this instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\nDated this …………10th……….………day of ………December…………….2009.\n\nCarolyn Weiss Cameron\n\nDelegate of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument replaces the specific earlier Commonwealth-adopted recovery plans listed in paragraph (a) with state-produced recovery plans listed in paragraph (b), thereby changing which documents constitute the Commonwealth's recovery plans for those species under s269A(7). The repeal and adoption take effect the day after registration."},"complexity_factors":["Statutory exercise of delegated power by a Ministerial delegate rather than the Minister (instrument signed by delegate).","Cross-jurisdictional adoption: Commonwealth recognition of state-made recovery plans under s269A(7) of the EPBC Act.","Enumerated, species-specific list requiring document-by-document substitution of earlier adopted plans with new state plans.","Legal reliance on Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (subsection 33(3)) for repeal mechanics and on registration timing for effective dates.","Administrative coordination required between Commonwealth and state agencies to implement the newly adopted plans.","Low substantive policy change in text (administrative replacement), but potential operational effects for plan implementers and regulated decision-making."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, signed by a Ministerial delegate, repeals several previously Commonwealth-adopted recovery plans and adopts replacement recovery plans made by Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia for the listed threatened species named. Under s269A(7) of the EPBC Act those state-produced plans become the Commonwealth's recovery plans.\n\nIt takes effect the day after registration. Mechanically, it substitutes which documents govern recovery actions for the specified species, changing the official reference point agencies must follow for those recoveries."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument operates exactly within the scope intended by section 269A of the EPBC Act: updating the schedule of adopted recovery plans by repealing obsolete plans and adopting current state-developed replacements. No expansion beyond this administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative section (269A) with straightforward repeal and adoption powers","No defined terms requiring interpretation within the instrument itself","Minimal conditional logic — simple 'if adopted, then repealed' structure","Clear tabular format for adopted plans with explicit species-to-plan mapping","Only cross-reference is to the empowering provision (subsection 269A(7)) and the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (standard machinery provision)","No nested exceptions or complex temporal provisions — effective dates are uniform (day after registration)"],"plain_english_summary":"This delegated instrument updates Australia’s national recovery plans by repealing seven outdated plans and adopting eight state-developed plans (Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia). It brings plans for species such as the Julia Creek Dunnart, malleefowl and six rare WA plants into force under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, making them federally enforceable. The decision was made by Carolyn Weiss Cameron acting as delegate for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2010l00076","history":"/api/acts/f2010l00076/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2010l00076/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2010l00076/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2010l00076/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2010l00076/documents"}}