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### 27 Threat abatement plans
> > (1) [*\[Section 27 Subsection (1) amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-12-31/act-2002-064#JS1@Ja19@GC13@Hpa@EN) The Secretary may prepare a threat abatement plan in respect of any process which, in the opinion of the Secretary, is a threatening process.
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> > (2) A threat abatement plan –
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> > > > (a) may relate to one or more taxa of flora and fauna; and
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> > > > (b) is to specify a process that threatens any listed taxon; and
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> > > > (c) is to specify objectives for removing or controlling the threat; and
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> > > > (d) may specify research needed and actions required by which the threatening process is to be controlled and managed; and
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> > > > (e) may specify the resources required to carry out those actions.
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> > (3) [*\[Section 27 Subsection (3) amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-12-31/act-2002-064#JS1@Ja19@GC13@Hpb@EN) The Secretary must, within 30 days after preparing a draft threat abatement plan, give public notification of the draft plan and also notify the making of the plan in a newspaper circulating generally in the area to which the plan applies.
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> > (4) [*\[Section 27 Subsection (4) amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-12-31/act-2002-064#JS1@Ja19@GC13@Hpc@EN) The Secretary must, after considering any public comments received during the period of 30 days after public notification of the draft plan, make, with the Minister's approval, a final threat abatement plan.