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#### 221L Secretary’s requirements
221L Secretary’s requirements
> > (1) The sponsor must request from the Secretary and must, in preparing the species impact statement, comply with any requirements notified to the person by the Secretary concerning the form and content of the statement.
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> > (2) The Secretary must notify any requirements under this section within 28 days after having been requested to provide them.
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> > (3) Despite the other provisions of this Subdivision, the Secretary may, having regard to the circumstances of a particular case, limit or modify (or limit and modify) the matters to be included in a species impact statement in such manner as may be specified by the Secretary in the particular case.
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> > (4) Despite anything in this Part or the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203) or the [Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-097), the Secretary may, having regard to the circumstances of a particular case, dispense with the requirement for a species impact statement in the particular case if the Secretary is satisfied that the impact of the activity concerned will be trivial or negligible.
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> **s 221L:** Ins 1997 No 153, Sch 1 \[9\]. Am 1999 No 97, Sch 2.2 \[3\]; 2001 No 104, Sch 1 \[30\].