Documents Regarding The Sunsetting Of Recovery Plans.

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In March 2024, the Department sought ministerial agreement to revoke recovery plan instruments for 97 species and ecological communities under the EPBC Act, following March 2022 decisions not to require recovery plans for these taxa. The revocation was necessary to correct the Federal Register of Legislation, where recovery plans had been incorrectly marked as sunset despite being exempt from automatic repeal under the Legislation Act 2003. The brief identified legal risks associated with maintaining the instruments and noted that new recovery plans were being finalised for Leadbeater's possum, Swift parrot, and Spiny rice-flower. The action required ministerial approval and delegation to the Division Head to execute the revocation instruments by 1 April 2024.