{"id":"F2010L00643","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - section 269A - Instrument Adopting Recovery Plan (05/03/2010) (NSW, QLD)","slug":"f2010l00643","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":335704,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L00643-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 Recovery Plan\n\nI, CAROLYN WEISS CAMERON, Acting Assistant Secretary, Approvals and Wildlife Division, delegate for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, hereby adopt, under subsection 269A(7) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, the plan made by New South Wales (or agencies of that State) specified in column 1 of Table 1 (the NSW Plan), as the recovery plan for the listed threatened species specified in column 2 of Table 1 that are endemic to the region covered by the NSW Plan:\n\nTable 1\n\n| Recovery Plan                                                                                                                                                                                             | Listed Threatened Species                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW (2009), Border Ranges Rainforest Biodiversity Management Plan – NSW & Queensland, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW, Sydney | Diospyros mabacea (Red-fruited Ebony, Silky Persimmon, Ebony);Diploglottis campbellii (Small-leaved Tamarind);Elaeocarpus williamsianus (Hairy Quandong);Endiandra floydii (Floyd’s Walnut);Endiandra hayesii (Rusty Rose Walnut, Velvet Laurel);Euphrasia bella (Lamington Eyebright, Mt. Merino Eyebright);Fontainea australis (Southern Fontainea);Fontainea oraria (Coastal Fontainea);Gossia fragrantissima (Sweet Myrtle, Small-leaved Myrtle);Isoglossa eranthemoides (Isoglossa);Ochrosia moorei (Southern Ochrosia);Owenia cepiodora (Onionwood, Bog Onion, Onion Cedar);Ozothamnus vagans;Plectranthus nitidus (Nightcap Plectranthus);Randia moorei (Spiny Gardenia);Symplocos baeuerlenii (Small-leaved Hazelwood, Shrubby Hazelwood);Syzygium moorei (Rose Apple, Coolamon, Robby, Durobby, Watermelon Tree, Coolamon Rose Apple);Tinospora tinosporoides (Arrow-head Vine);Uromyrtus australis (Peach Myrtle); andZieria collina. |\n\nThe adopted recovery plan will come into force on the day after this instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\nDated this…….5th ………day of…..March ……2010.\n\nCarolyn W 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":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand or narrow the list of species or geographic coverage beyond what the adopted NSW plan specifies. It converts an existing state plan into the Commonwealth recovery plan for the listed, endemic species (see Table 1) and sets a commencement rule tied to registration; it does not itself add new species or alter the plan’s contents."},"complexity_factors":["Adoption mechanism is procedural and limited: a delegate adopts an existing state plan under subsection 269A(7) (instrument text references s269A(7)).","Instrument binds the listed species to the adopted plan by reference to Table 1 (Table 1 lists the recovery plan and the species).","Commencement is simple but formal: the plan takes effect the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (instrument text).","Cross-jurisdictional element: the adopted plan was made by NSW agencies and covers territory in NSW and Queensland (plan title in Table 1).","No operational details in the instrument about funding, enforcement, specific duties, or permit changes — the text only adopts the plan and lists species, so implementation details remain in the plan itself.","Practical compliance implications for landholders, developers or regulators are indirect and depend on the substantive measures in the adopted plan (not set out in this instrument).","Delegation of authority (act signed by a Minister’s delegate) concentrates decision power in an executive officer rather than Parliament (instrument header)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument adopts the NSW Border Ranges Rainforest Biodiversity Management Plan as the Commonwealth recovery plan for the listed threatened species shown in Table 1. It gives that state-made plan legal effect under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act for species endemic to the plan’s region, and comes into force the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. It primarily affects the listed species, the state agencies that made the plan, and anyone whose activities affect those species or their habitat."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by section 269A of the EPBC Act: adopting state/territory recovery plans for threatened species. The scope remains tightly confined to the specific delegation of adopting the Border Ranges plan for the 19 listed endemic species."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (subsection 269A(7)) with straightforward adoption mechanism","No defined terms within the instrument itself — all definitions sit in the parent Act","Simple tabular structure listing 19 species with standard binomial nomenclature","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the single statutory power being exercised","Standard administrative template format with minimal procedural requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"The decision adopts the NSW \"Border Ranges Rainforest Biodiversity Management Plan\" as a federally recognised recovery plan under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, giving the state plan binding status at national level.\n\nIt affects 19 threatened plant species in the Border Ranges and the land managers, developers, and agencies operating there—guiding legal protections and impact assessments, avoiding duplicative federal planning, and taking effect the day after registration."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2010l00643","history":"/api/acts/f2010l00643/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2010l00643/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2010l00643/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2010l00643/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2010l00643/documents"}}