Farm Business Debt Mediation Act 2017
sec.43Deciding application
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sec.43 Deciding application
The authority must— consider the farmer’s application for an enforcement action suspension certificate; and consider all representations made in accordance with the show cause notice; and decide to approve or refuse the application; and as soon as practicable after making the decision, give the farmer and the mortgagee a notice that states the decision. The authority must decide to approve the application if the authority is satisfied— the farmer is in default under the farm mortgage; and the farmer has given the mortgagee a request for mediation notice; and an exemption certificate is not in force for the farm mortgage; and the mortgagee has failed to, and does not intend to, mediate in relation to the farm mortgage. See section 44 for when a mortgagee has failed to mediate. If the authority decides to approve the application, the notice the authority gives the mortgagee under subsection (1) (d) must be an information notice for the decision. If the authority decides to refuse the application, the notice the authority gives the farmer under subsection (1) (d) must be an information notice for the decision. (sec.43-ssec.1) The authority must— consider the farmer’s application for an enforcement action suspension certificate; and consider all representations made in accordance with the show cause notice; and decide to approve or refuse the application; and as soon as practicable after making the decision, give the farmer and the mortgagee a notice that states the decision. (sec.43-ssec.2) The authority must decide to approve the application if the authority is satisfied— the farmer is in default under the farm mortgage; and the farmer has given the mortgagee a request for mediation notice; and an exemption certificate is not in force for the farm mortgage; and the mortgagee has failed to, and does not intend to, mediate in relation to the farm mortgage. See section 44 for when a mortgagee has failed to mediate. (sec.43-ssec.3) If the authority decides to approve the application, the notice the authority gives the mortgagee under subsection (1) (d) must be an information notice for the decision. (sec.43-ssec.4) If the authority decides to refuse the application, the notice the authority gives the farmer under subsection (1) (d) must be an information notice for the decision.
- (a) consider the farmer’s application for an enforcement action suspension certificate; and
- (b) consider all representations made in accordance with the show cause notice; and
- (c) decide to approve or refuse the application; and
- (d) as soon as practicable after making the decision, give the farmer and the mortgagee a notice that states the decision.
- (a) the farmer is in default under the farm mortgage; and
- (b) the farmer has given the mortgagee a request for mediation notice; and