sec.19Failure to decide application

sec.19 Failure to decide application

The chief executive is taken to have decided to refuse an application if the chief executive— under section 13 , required the applicant to give the chief executive further information or a document; and fails to decide the application within 40 business days after receiving the information or document. If subsection (1) does not apply, the chief executive is taken to have decided to refuse an application if the chief executive fails to decide the application within 40 business days after receiving it. As soon as practicable after the chief executive is taken to have made the decision, the chief executive must refund the registration fee paid by the applicant. s 19 amd 2020 No. 27 s 3 sch 1 (sec.19-ssec.1) The chief executive is taken to have decided to refuse an application if the chief executive— under section 13 , required the applicant to give the chief executive further information or a document; and fails to decide the application within 40 business days after receiving the information or document. (sec.19-ssec.2) If subsection (1) does not apply, the chief executive is taken to have decided to refuse an application if the chief executive fails to decide the application within 40 business days after receiving it. (sec.19-ssec.3) As soon as practicable after the chief executive is taken to have made the decision, the chief executive must refund the registration fee paid by the applicant.

• (a) under section 13 , required the applicant to give the chief executive further information or a document; and
• (b) fails to decide the application within 40 business days after receiving the information or document.