{"id":"F2018L01047","name":"Instrument under section 270B of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to make a Threat Abatement Plan","slug":"instrument-under-section-270b-of-the-environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-t","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":97750,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L01047-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"MELISSA PRICE……………………………………………………..","sectionType":"part","heading":"MELISSA PRICE……………………………………………………..","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nInstrument under section 270B of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to make a Threat Abatement Plan\n\nI, MELISSA PRICE, Assistant Minister for the Environment, under section 270B of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, have decided to make the Threat Abatement Plan for the impacts of marine debris on the vertebrate wildlife of Australia’s coasts and oceans, for the purpose of reducing the effect of the key threatening process as specified below:\n\n| Key Threatening Process                                                                                         | Threat Abatement Plan                                                                                                                                               |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Injury and fatality to vertebrate marine life caused by ingestion of, or entanglement in, harmful marine debris | Department of the Environment and Energy (2018). Threat Abatement Plan for the impacts of marine debris on the vertebrate wildlife of Australia’s coasts and oceans |\n\nThe Threat Abatement Plan for the impacts of marine debris on the vertebrate wildlife of Australia’s coasts and oceans will come into force on the day after the plan is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.\n\nDated this ………26………. day of ………June………. 2018\n\n# MELISSA PRICE……………………………………………………..\n\n# Assistant Minister for the Environment","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Assistant Minister for the Environment","sectionType":"part","heading":"Assistant Minister for the Environment","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nInstrument under section 270B of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to make a Threat Abatement Plan\n\nI, MELISSA PRICE, Assistant Minister for the Environment, under section 270B of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, have decided to make the Threat Abatement Plan for the impacts of marine debris on the vertebrate wildlife of Australia’s coasts and oceans, for the purpose of reducing the effect of the key threatening process as specified below:\n\n| Key Threatening Process                                                                                         | Threat Abatement Plan                                                                                                                                               |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Injury and fatality to vertebrate marine life caused by ingestion of, or entanglement in, harmful marine debris | Department of the Environment and Energy (2018). Threat Abatement Plan for the impacts of marine debris on the vertebrate wildlife of Australia’s coasts and oceans |\n\nThe Threat Abatement Plan for the impacts of marine debris on the vertebrate wildlife of Australia’s coasts and oceans will come into force on the day after the plan is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.\n\nDated this ………26………. day of ………June………. 2018\n\n# MELISSA PRICE……………………………………………………..\n\n# Assistant Minister for the Environment","sortOrder":1}],"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 270B of the EPBC Act: formally making a Threat Abatement Plan for a listed key threatening process. The scope remains tightly confined to the administrative act of adopting the specific marine debris plan. There is no expansion beyond the statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (approximately 200 words of substantive text)","No defined terms section — relies entirely on external references","Single operative provision: making a plan that is contained in a separate external document","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Simple administrative mechanism: ministerial decision with automatic commencement trigger","Cross-reference only to section 270B of the parent Act (straightforward enabling provision)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Assistant Minister for the Environment in 2018, adopts a national Threat Abatement Plan to address marine debris harming vertebrate wildlife (seabirds, turtles, seals, whales, fish). It takes effect the day after registration and creates a coordinated framework—guiding government agencies, industries (fishing, shipping, waste), and conservation researchers—to prevent, remove and study ocean rubbish and reduce injury and deaths of coastal and marine animals under national law."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument formalises (adopts) a Threat Abatement Plan for the stated key threatening process (marine debris impacts on vertebrate wildlife) under the existing EPBC Act power. It does not, on its face, expand or narrow the statutory scope of the Act, create new offences, or alter definitions. Practical scope — who must act and who bears costs — is determined by the content of the referenced Plan rather than by this instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Uses a single statutory power (s270B EPBC Act) to make a plan — legal mechanism is simple and confined.","Relies on an external document (Department of the Environment and Energy, 2018) which is not reproduced here; substantive measures and obligations therefore require consulting that Plan.","Commencement is straightforward (day after registration), reducing temporal uncertainty.","Instrument does not itself specify enforcement, funding, or specific duties — creates administrative dependence on the Plan and on departmental discretion to implement.","Clear identification of the key threatening process but no detailed operational provisions within the instrument, limiting immediate regulatory complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument uses section 270B of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to formally make a Threat Abatement Plan addressing injury and death to vertebrate marine life from ingestion of, or entanglement in, harmful marine debris. It names the Department of the Environment and Energy (2018) plan as the operative document and comes into force the day after registration. The Assistant Minister decides to adopt the plan; implementation details, costs and any duties on third parties are set out in the Plan itself, not in this instrument."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/instrument-under-section-270b-of-the-environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-t","history":"/api/acts/instrument-under-section-270b-of-the-environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-t/history","analysis":"/api/acts/instrument-under-section-270b-of-the-environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-t/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/instrument-under-section-270b-of-the-environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-t/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/instrument-under-section-270b-of-the-environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-t/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/instrument-under-section-270b-of-the-environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-t/documents"}}