35Deemed refusal of application for approval

#### 35 Deemed refusal of application for approval 35 Deemed refusal of application for approval > > (1) For the purposes of section 63(6) of the Act, the Secretary is taken to have refused approval if the Secretary fails to give the applicant for approval notice of a decision to grant or refuse approval within a period of 60 business days after the application is made or any longer period that the applicant consents to in writing. > > > (2) In calculating a period for the purposes of subclause (1), any period from the day on which the Secretary makes a written request for further information from the applicant until the day on which the information is provided or the applicant refuses to provide the information is not to be included. > > > (3) Subclause (1) does not prevent the Secretary from continuing to deal with an application after the expiry of that period.