32Time within which notice of decision must be provided

#### 32 Time within which notice of decision must be provided 32 Time within which notice of decision must be provided > > (1) For the purposes of section 45(5) of the Act, the Secretary is taken to have refused to grant registration as a practitioner to an applicant if the Secretary fails to give the applicant notice of the Secretary’s decision within 28 days after the application is made. > > > (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.