{"id":"F2014L01397","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Section 269A - Instrument Adopting and Revoking Recovery Plans (WA)","slug":"f2014l01397","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":315320,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2014L01397-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 plan:\n\n\\- Danks, A., Burbidge, A., Burbidge A.H., and Smith, G.T. (1996). Noisy Scrub-bird Recovery Plan. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Wanneroo, Western Australia.\n\n(b) under subsection 269A(7) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby adopt as a recovery plan for the listed threatened species specified below, the plan made by Western Australia:\n\n| Listed Threatened Species                                                                                                                                                                               | Recovery Plan                                                                                                                                    |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |\n| Pezoporus flaviventris (western ground parrot)Dasyornis longirostris (western bristlebird)Atrichornis clamosus (noisy scrub-bird)Psophodes nigrogularis nigrogularis (western whipbird [western heath]) | Department of Parks and Wildlife (2014). South Coast Threatened Birds Recovery Plan. Department of Parks and Wildlife, Perth, Western Australia. |","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. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument operates exactly within the intended scope of Section 269A of the EPBC Act, which specifically provides for the adoption and revocation of state recovery plans. The content reflects the standard administrative function of updating recovery plan coverage for threatened species—replacing an outdated single-species plan with a modern multi-species regional plan. No scope creep is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Single section instrument (Section 269A) with straightforward binary operation: revoke one plan, adopt another","Only 2 legislative provisions referenced (subsection 33(3) of Acts Interpretation Act 1901 and subsection 269A(7) of EPBC Act)","No defined terms requiring interpretation within the instrument itself","Simple tabular format for species-plan mapping with no conditional logic or exceptions","Clear cause-and-effect structure: explicit revocation followed by explicit adoption"],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument revokes the 1996 recovery plan for the Noisy Scrub-bird and adopts Western Australia’s 2014 South Coast Threatened Birds Recovery Plan under the EPBC Act. \n\nThat state plan now has national legal force for four species (Western Ground Parrot, Western Bristlebird, Noisy Scrub-bird, Western Whipbird western heath), creating binding conservation obligations for agencies and strengthening protection across Western Australia."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The instrument revokes the Commonwealth adoption of the 1996 Noisy Scrub-bird Recovery Plan and replaces it by adopting WA’s 2014 South Coast Threatened Birds Recovery Plan as the recovery plan for four listed species (Pezoporus flaviventris; Dasyornis longirostris; Atrichornis clamosus; Psophodes nigrogularis nigrogularis), thereby expanding the scope of the adopted State plan at the Commonwealth level (see s.269A(7))."},"complexity_factors":["Administrative: straightforward revocation of one adopted recovery plan and adoption of another (clear legal effect).","Delegated decision-making: instrument executed by an Assistant Secretary as delegate for the Minister (delegation authority cited).","Cross-jurisdictional reliance: Commonwealth adoption of a State-made recovery plan binds federal recovery-framework application to a State document.","Multiplicity of species: single instrument applies one State plan to four distinct listed species, requiring consolidated implementation.","Limited procedural detail: instrument records outcome but does not specify implementation, monitoring, funding, or enforcement arrangements.","Statutory anchor: action taken under s.269A(7) EPBC Act and s.33(3) Acts Interpretation Act 1901, constraining scope to the statutory adoption/revocation power."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, signed by the Assistant Secretary as delegate for the Minister, revokes the Commonwealth adoption of Western Australia’s 1996 Noisy Scrub-bird Recovery Plan and adopts WA’s 2014 South Coast Threatened Birds Recovery Plan as the Commonwealth recovery plan for four listed species (western ground parrot; western bristlebird; noisy scrub-bird; western whipbird). It is made under s.269A(7) of the EPBC Act and s.33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 and fixes which State recovery plan applies for those listed species."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2014l01397","history":"/api/acts/f2014l01397/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2014l01397/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2014l01397/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2014l01397/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2014l01397/documents"}}