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#### 52 Concurrence authority may request additional information from consent authority
52 Concurrence authority may request additional information from consent authority
> > (1) A concurrence authority whose concurrence has been sought in relation to development may request additional information about the development from the consent authority.
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> > (2) The request must—
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> > > (a) be written, and
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> > > (b) specify a reasonable period within which the additional information must be given to the concurrence authority.
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> > (3) Immediately after receiving a request for additional information from a concurrence authority, a consent authority must request the additional information from the applicant.
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> > (4) The consent authority’s request must—
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> > > (a) be written, and
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> > > (b) specify the period within which the additional information must be given to the concurrence authority, and
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> > > (c) specify the number of days in the assessment period that have elapsed, and
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> > > (d) inform the applicant that the assessment period ceases to run, in accordance with Part 4, Division 4, during the period between—
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> > > > (i) the request, and
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> > > > (ii) the day on which the applicant provides the information or notifies, or is taken to have notified, the consent authority that the information will not be provided.
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> > (5) Immediately after receiving the additional information from the applicant, the consent authority must give the information to the concurrence authority.
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> > (6) The applicant to whom a request is made may, through the NSW planning portal, notify the consent authority that the applicant will not provide the additional information.
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> > (7) The applicant is taken to have notified the consent authority that the applicant will not provide the additional information if the applicant has not provided the information by the end of—
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> > > (a) the period specified under subsection (2)(b), or
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> > > (b) a further period allowed by the concurrence authority.
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> > (8) The consent authority must notify the concurrence authority as soon as practicable after the applicant notifies, or is taken to have notified, the consent authority that the applicant will not provide the additional information.
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> > (9) In this section—
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> > additional information, in relation to development, means information the concurrence authority considers necessary to properly consider if concurrence should be granted.