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.