20Determination of applications

#### 20 Determination of applications 20 Determination of applications > > (1) After considering the Panel’s report on an application, the Secretary shall determine the application— > > > > > (a) by accrediting the applicant as a research establishment, either unconditionally or subject to conditions, or > > > > > (b) by refusing to accredit the applicant as a research establishment. > > > (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Secretary shall not accredit an applicant as a research establishment— > > > > > (a) if the applicant does not have a duly constituted animal care and ethics committee, or > > > > > (b) if the applicant is a disqualified corporation. > > > (3) Where the Secretary refuses to accredit an applicant as a research establishment, the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after so refusing, cause notice of the refusal, and of the reasons for the refusal, to be served on the applicant. > > > (4) If, at the expiration of 90 days after an application has been made, the Secretary has failed to determine the application, the Secretary is, for the purposes only of any application to the Civil and Administrative Tribunal for an administrative review, taken to have refused to accredit the applicant as a research establishment. > > > (5) The Secretary shall issue a certificate of accreditation to each corporation that the Secretary accredits as a research establishment. > > > (6) A certificate of accreditation in respect of an accredited research establishment shall— > > > > > (a) be in or to the effect of the approved form, > > > > > (b) designate the land in or on which it is intended that the business of animal research will be carried on by the establishment, as identified in the application pursuant to which the establishment has been accredited, > > > > > (c) specify any condition to which the accreditation is subject, and > > > > > (d) specify the date on which the accreditation was granted. > > **s 20:** Am 1998 No 156, Sch 3 \[2\]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.6 \[1\].