sec.55Request to consent to official assessment (application)

sec.55 Request to consent to official assessment (application)

This section applies if— the application is for the grant of an exhibition licence; and the chief executive considers an official assessment (application) is reasonably required to decide the application. Before deciding the application, the chief executive may, by notice given to the applicant, ask the applicant, within a reasonable stated period of at least 30 days, to give the chief executive written consent to an official assessment (application). The applicant is taken to have withdrawn the application if, within the stated period, the applicant does not give the consent. A notice under subsection (2) may be given to the applicant only within 30 days after the chief executive receives the application. (sec.55-ssec.1) This section applies if— the application is for the grant of an exhibition licence; and the chief executive considers an official assessment (application) is reasonably required to decide the application. (sec.55-ssec.2) Before deciding the application, the chief executive may, by notice given to the applicant, ask the applicant, within a reasonable stated period of at least 30 days, to give the chief executive written consent to an official assessment (application). (sec.55-ssec.3) The applicant is taken to have withdrawn the application if, within the stated period, the applicant does not give the consent. (sec.55-ssec.4) A notice under subsection (2) may be given to the applicant only within 30 days after the chief executive receives the application.

• (a) the application is for the grant of an exhibition licence; and
• (b) the chief executive considers an official assessment (application) is reasonably required to decide the application.