{"id":"F2016L00657","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Section 269A - Instrument Adopting Recovery Plan (Spotted-tailed Quoll) (02/05/2016)","slug":"f2016l00657","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":328735,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2016L00657-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, GREG HUNT, Minister for the Environment:\n\n(a) 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, this plan made by Victoria:\n\n| Listed Threatened Species                                                                                                           | Recovery Plan                                                                                                                                                       |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Dasyurus maculatus gracilisDasyurus maculatus maculatus (SE mainland population)Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (Tasmanian population) | Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. 2016. National Recovery Plan for the Spotted-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus. Australian Government, Canberra. |\n\nDated this 2nd day of May 2016\n\nGreg Hunt\n\nMinister for the Environment\n\nThis instrument comes into force on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.","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 performs exactly the function intended by section 269A of the EPBC Act: adopting a state or territory recovery plan for a listed threatened species. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with straightforward ministerial adoption power","No defined terms requiring interpretation within the instrument itself","Minimal conditional logic—purely declaratory in nature","Cross-reference limited to one clear statutory provision (subsection 269A(7))","Tabular format presents information clearly without nested structures","No exceptions, exemptions, or procedural requirements embedded in the text"],"plain_english_summary":"The Environment Minister has adopted Victoria’s recovery plan for the spotted‑tailed quoll as a binding federal instrument under the EPBC Act, applying to all three recognised populations (northern, south‑eastern mainland and Tasmanian). This makes conservation measures legally enforceable, affecting land managers, developers and government agencies whose projects or decisions must now comply with the plan’s obligations to protect quoll habitat and support recovery."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the content or scope of the recovery plan itself; it formally adopts the Victoria-made National Recovery Plan for the named Spotted-tailed Quoll taxa/populations under s269A(7) and makes that plan the recognised recovery plan under the Act from the day after registration."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose ministerial instrument: adopts a recovery plan under subsection 269A(7) (explicit in the instrument).","Relies on an external, detailed document (the Victoria-made National Recovery Plan) whose contents and prescriptions are not reproduced in the instrument.","Covers multiple named taxa/populations using scientific nomenclature (three population entries are listed together), requiring precise biological interpretation.","Simple procedural effective-date clause: comes into force the day after registration (stated in the instrument).","Substantive legal effect depends on how this adoption interacts with broader EPBC Act obligations and other instruments (interaction required but not detailed here)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument records the Minister’s formal adoption, under section 269A(7) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, of the National Recovery Plan for the Spotted‑tailed Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) prepared by Victoria. It names the subspecies and populations covered and is dated 2 May 2016.\n\nAdoption gives the plan legal effect within the Act from the day after registration, making it the recognised recovery plan for the named quoll populations and relevant to agencies, land managers and proponents whose activities intersect them."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2016l00657","history":"/api/acts/f2016l00657/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2016l00657/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2016l00657/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2016l00657/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2016l00657/documents"}}