Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008
sec.150Failure to decide application for licence
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sec.150 Failure to decide application for licence
Subject to subsections (2) and (3) , if the chief executive does not decide the application within 28 days after its receipt, the chief executive is taken to have decided to refuse to grant the application. Subsection (3) applies if— a person has made an application for a licence; and the chief executive has under section 148 (1) (b) , required the applicant to give the chief executive further information or a document. The chief executive is taken to have refused to grant the application if the chief executive does not decide the application within 28 days after the chief executive receives the further information or document. If the application is refused under this section, the applicant is entitled to be given an information notice for the decision by the chief executive. (sec.150-ssec.1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) , if the chief executive does not decide the application within 28 days after its receipt, the chief executive is taken to have decided to refuse to grant the application. (sec.150-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if— a person has made an application for a licence; and the chief executive has under section 148 (1) (b) , required the applicant to give the chief executive further information or a document. (sec.150-ssec.3) The chief executive is taken to have refused to grant the application if the chief executive does not decide the application within 28 days after the chief executive receives the further information or document. (sec.150-ssec.4) If the application is refused under this section, the applicant is entitled to be given an information notice for the decision by the chief executive.
- (a) a person has made an application for a licence; and
- (b) the chief executive has under section 148 (1) (b) , required the applicant to give the chief executive further information or a document.