51Determination of applications

#### 51 Determination of applications 51 Determination of applications > > (1) The Secretary may grant or refuse an application for recognition as a recognised engineering body. > > > (2) The Secretary must give the applicant written notice within 28 business days of making a decision to grant or refuse recognition. > > > (3) If the Secretary fails to give an applicant for recognition notice of a decision to grant or refuse recognition within 60 business days after the application is made, the Secretary is taken to have refused to grant recognition. > > > (4) In calculating a period for the purposes of subclause (3), 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. > > > (5) Subclause (3) does not prevent the Secretary from continuing to deal with an application after the expiry of that period. > > **cl 51:** Am 2022 (62), Sch 1\[5\] \[6\].