{"id":"F2025L00254","name":"Nature Repair (Applications for Approval of Registration of Biodiversity Project) Determination 2025","slug":"nature-repair-applications-for-approval-of-registration-of-biodiversity-project-determination-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442764,"registerId":"F2025L00254-fast-fetch-1775957706423","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Nature Repair (Applications for Approval of Registration of Biodiversity Project) Determination 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nNature Repair (Applications for Approval of Registration of Biodiversity Project) Determination 2025\n\nI, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 27.02.2025\n\nTanya Plibersek\n\nMinister for the Environment and Water\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Day on or after which applications may be made\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Nature Repair (Applications for Approval of Registration of Biodiversity Project) Determination 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 11(2) of the Nature Repair Act 2023.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 7 of the Act, including the following:\n\n(a) biodiversity;\n\n(b) biodiversity project;\n\n(c) Register.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Nature Repair Act 2023.\n\n5  Day on or after which applications may be made\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 11(2) of the Act, applications to approve the registration of a biodiversity project on the Register may be made on or after 1 March 2025.\n\n \n","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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not amend the Nature Repair Act 2023 or alter which projects are in scope; it only specifies the earliest date applications may be made (s5) and records the statutory authority for that date (s3)."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow subject-matter: solely sets the commencement date for applications (section 5).","Few provisions and short instrument length (Name, Commencement, Authority, Definitions, Day for applications).","Relies on external Act for substantive definitions and approval process (references Nature Repair Act 2023 and subsection 11(2)).","No procedural, fee or evidentiary detail provided—implementation depends on other instruments or Act provisions.","Minor commencement technicality (table format for commencement) but no staged or conditional commencements."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under subsection 11(2) of the Nature Repair Act 2023, fixes 1 March 2025 as the earliest date that applications to approve registration of a biodiversity project on the Register may be lodged (s5). It affects persons or entities proposing biodiversity projects (who must apply) and the agency administering the Register; it does not set approval criteria, fees or other procedural rules, only the date from which applications may be made."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function intended by its enabling provision (subsection 11(2) of the Nature Repair Act 2023): setting the commencement date for applications. It has not expanded beyond this specific purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 sections spanning approximately 1 page","Zero defined terms in the instrument itself (relies entirely on external definitions in the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the basic authority provision","Single operative provision (section 5) containing only a date specification","No administrative procedures, evidentiary requirements, or substantive criteria established"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets 1 March 2025 as the date when applications to register biodiversity projects under the Nature Repair Act 2023 may begin.  \n\nThat registration step lets eligible landholders, conservation groups and other parties participate in the scheme and potentially generate tradable biodiversity certificates, enabling the nature‑repair market to start operating."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/nature-repair-applications-for-approval-of-registration-of-biodiversity-project-determination-2025","history":"/api/acts/nature-repair-applications-for-approval-of-registration-of-biodiversity-project-determination-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/nature-repair-applications-for-approval-of-registration-of-biodiversity-project-determination-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/nature-repair-applications-for-approval-of-registration-of-biodiversity-project-determination-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/nature-repair-applications-for-approval-of-registration-of-biodiversity-project-determination-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/nature-repair-applications-for-approval-of-registration-of-biodiversity-project-determination-2025/documents"}}