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220ZNContents of recovery or threat abatement plans
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#### 220ZN Contents of recovery or threat abatement plans
220ZN Contents of recovery or threat abatement plans
> > (1) Recovery plans A recovery plan must—
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> > > (a) identify the threatened species, population or ecological community to which it applies, and
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> > > (b) identify any critical habitat declared in relation to the threatened species, population or ecological community, and
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> > > (c) identify any threatening process or processes threatening the threatened species, population or ecological community, and
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> > > (d) identify methods by which adverse social and economic consequences of the making of the plan can be minimised, and
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> > > (e) state what must be done to ensure the recovery of the threatened species, population or ecological community, and
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> > > (f) state what must be done to protect the critical habitat (if any) identified in the plan, and
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> > > (g) state, with reference to the objects of this Part—
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> > > > (i) the way in which those objects are to be implemented or promoted for the benefit of the threatened species, population or ecological community, and
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> > > > (ii) the method by which progress towards achieving those objects is to be assessed, and
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> > > (h) identify the persons or public authorities who are responsible for the implementation of the measures included in the plan, and
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> > > (i) state the date by which the recovery plan should be subject to review by the Secretary.
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> > (2) Threat abatement plans A threat abatement plan must—
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> > > (a) state the criteria for assessing the achievement of the objective, and
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> > > (b) identify the actions needed to abate, ameliorate or eliminate the effects of the key threatening process, and
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> > > (c) identify the persons or public authorities who are responsible for the implementation of the measures included in the plan, and
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> > > (d) where practicable, provide a proposed timetable for the implementation of the plan, and
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> > > (e) state the estimated cost of the measures included in the plan, and
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> > > (f) state the date by which the plan should be subject to review by the Secretary, and
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> > > (g) include any other matter relating to the impact of the plan as the Secretary considers appropriate.
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> **s 220ZN:** Ins 1997 No 153, Sch 1 \[9\].