Biosecurity Regulations 2022
27Deemed refusal of permits, registrations and other applications
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27 Deemed refusal of permits, registrations and other applications
(1) For the purposes of section 80(4) of the Act, if the Secretary fails to give an applicant notice of a decision to grant or refuse biosecurity registration within 60 days after receiving the application, the Secretary is taken to have refused to grant the application.
(2) For the purposes of section 104(6) of the Act, if the relevant decision-maker fails to make a decision in respect of an application within 60 days after receiving it, the application is taken to have been refused.
(3) For the purposes of clause 6 of Division 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act, if the relevant decision-maker fails to grant an application to renew within 60 after receiving it, the application is taken to have been refused.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, any period commencing from a day on which the Secretary or decision-maker has, in writing, requested additional information from the applicant until the day on which that information is provided, is not counted towards the period of 60 days.