{"id":"F2014L00102","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Section 269A - Instrument Adopting and Revoking Recovery Plans (NSW, SA and WA) (17/01/2014)","slug":"f2014l00102","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":328330,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2014L00102-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 Revoking Recovery Plans\n\nI, GEOFFREY RICHARDSON, Assistant Secretary, Protected Species and Communities Branch, delegate for the Minister for the Environment:\n\n(a) pursuant to subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 and subsection 269A(7) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby revoke the adoption of the following State recovery plans:\n\n\\- Burbidge, A. and Kuchling, G. (2004). Western Swamp Tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina) Recovery Plan. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Wanneroo, Western Australia.\n\n\\- Robertson, M. & Steed, Y. (2000). Spalding Blown Grass (Agrostis limitanea) Recovery Plan, National Parks and Wildlife SA.\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 New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia (or agencies of those States) specified opposite those listed threatened species:\n\nNew South Wales Recovery Plans (2)\n\n| Listed Threatened Species/Ecological Community | Recovery Plan |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Dasyornis brachypterus (eastern bristlebird) | OEH (2012). National Recovery Plan for Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus. Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet (NSW), Sydney. |\n| Weeping Myall – Coobah – Scrub Wilga Shrubland of the Hunter Valley Ecological Community. | OEH (2013). Weeping Myall – Coobah – Scrub Wilga Shrubland of the Hunter Valley National Recovery Plan. Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet (NSW), Sydney. |\n\nSouth Australian Recovery Plans (5)\n\n| Listed Threatened Species/Ecological Community | Recovery Plan |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |\n| Acanthocladium dockeri (spiny everlasting, spiny daisy) | Clarke, A., Robertson, M.A. and Pieck, A. (2013). Recovery Plan for Acanthocladium dockeri (Spiny Daisy). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Clare, South Australia. |\n| Beyeria subtecta (Kangaroo Island turpentine bush)Caladenia ovata (Kangaroo Island spider-orchid)Cheiranthera volubilis (twining finger flower)Leionema equestre (Kangaroo Island phebalium)Logania insularis (Kangaroo Island logania)Olearia microdisca (small-flowered daisy-bush)Pomaderris halmaturina subsp. halmaturina (Kangaroo Island pomaderris)Ptilotus beckerianus (ironstone mulla mulla)Pultenaea villifera var. glabrescens (yellow bush-pea, splendid bush-pea)Spyridium eriocephalum var. glabrisepalum (MacGillivray spyridium) | Taylor, D.A. (2012). Recovery plan for nationally threatened plant species on Kangaroo Island South Australia. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Government of South Australia. |\n| Caladenia richardsiorum (Little Dip spider-orchid)Caladenia calcicola (limestone spider-orchid)Pterostylis tenuissima (swamp greenhood) | Dickson, C.R., Anderson, R.A., Murphy, A., Pritchard, A., and Craig, A. (2012). Recovery Plan for three orchid species in South Australia and Victoria: Caladenia richardsiorum (Little Dip Spider-orchid), Caladenia calcicola (Limestone Spider-orchid) and Pterostylis tenuissima (Swamp Greenhood). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, South Australia, South East Region and Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria, South West Victoria Region. |\n| Lachnagrostis limitanea (Spalding blown grass) | Robertson, M.A. & Clarke, A. (2012). Recovery Plan for Lachnagrostis limitanea (Spalding Blown Grass). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, South Australia. |\n| Peppermint Box (Eucalyptus odorata) Grassy Woodland of South Australia(ecological community) | Turner, J. (2012). National Recovery Plan for the Peppermint Box (Eucalyptus odorata) Grassy Woodland of South Australia ecological community 2012. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, South Australia. |\n\nWestern Australian Recovery Plans (4)\n\n| Listed Threatened Species/Ecological Community | Recovery Plan |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Calyptorhynchus latirostris (Carnaby’s cockatoo) | Department of Parks and Wildlife (2013). Carnaby’s cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) Recovery Plan. Department of Parks and Wildlife, Perth, Western Australia. |\n| Petrogale lateralis hacketti (Recherche rock-wallaby)Petrogale lateralis lateralis (black-flanked rock-wallaby)Petrogale lateralis MacDonnell Ranges race (warru, black-footed rock-wallaby (MacDonnell Ranges race))Petrogale lateralis West Kimberly race (black-footed rock-wallaby (West Kimberley race)) | Pearson, D. (2013). Recovery plan for five species of rock wallabies:Black-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale lateralis)Short-eared rock wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis)Monjon (Petrogale burbidgei)Nabarlek (Petrogale concinna)Rothschild rock wallaby (Petrogale rothschildi).Western Australian Wildlife Management Program No. 55. Department of Parks and Wildlife, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre WA 6983 |\n| Pseudemydura umbrina (western swamp tortoise) | Burbidge, A.A., Kuchling, G., Olejnik, C. and Mutter, L. (2010). Western Swamp Tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina) Recovery Plan. Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth, Western Australia. |\n| Setonix brachyurus (quokka) | Department of Environment and Conservation (2013). Quokka Setonix brachyurus Recovery Plan. Wildlife Management Program No. 56. Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth, WA. |\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\nDated this 17th day of January 2014\n\nGeoffrey Richardson\n\nDelegate of the Minister for the Environment","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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There is no scope creep; it is a routine administrative update replacing superseded plans with current versions."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative section with straightforward binary actions (revocation and adoption)","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing (only cites two specific subsections: 33(3) of Acts Interpretation Act 1901 and 269A(7) of EPBC Act)","Tabular format makes species-plan pairings clear and readable","No defined terms requiring interpretation within the instrument itself","Purely administrative/executive in nature—delegated legislative instrument implementing clear statutory framework"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes two older recovery plans (Western Swamp Tortoise WA; Spalding Blown Grass SA) and adopts 11 state‑written recovery plans for threatened species and communities in NSW, SA and WA, making them legally operative under the EPBC Act. By giving these state plans federal force, it requires Commonwealth decision‑makers to consider them when assessing projects that may affect the listed species or habitats, strengthening coordinated protection and recovery efforts."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument alters the set of recovery plans that the Commonwealth treats as recovery plans under the EPBC Act by revoking federal adoption of two earlier State plans (listed in the instrument) and adopting a suite of State-made plans for specified species and communities (subsection 269A(7)). Effectively, it changes which documents have federal recognition and therefore which recovery plans guide Commonwealth-level recovery priorities; the new adoptions commence the day after registration."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-jurisdictional coordination: adoption involves recovery plans produced by three different State governments (NSW, SA, WA), increasing administrative coordination.","Number and variety of taxa/ecological communities: multiple species and communities listed across the schedules raise implementation and monitoring complexity.","Revocation combined with adoption: instrument both revokes prior federal adoptions and adopts new plans, creating a transition in which documents govern recovery actions.","Delegated decision-making: the instrument is executed by the Minister’s delegate (Assistant Secretary) under statutory delegations (subsection 269A(7); subsection 33(3) Acts Interpretation Act 1901).","Formal commencement mechanics: effect is tied to registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (timing requirement).","Unspecified implementation responsibilities: the instrument adopts documents but does not itself set out funding, enforcement, or detailed implementation arrangements, leaving those issues to agencies and other instruments."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes the federal adoption of two State recovery plans and adopts a set of recovery plans prepared by New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia as recovery plans under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Made by the Minister’s delegate under subsection 269A(7) (and subsection 33(3) Acts Interpretation Act 1901), it takes effect the day after registration and therefore changes which documents guide recovery priorities for the listed species and communities."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2014l00102","history":"/api/acts/f2014l00102/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2014l00102/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2014l00102/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2014l00102/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2014l00102/documents"}}