154Pending applications are terminated

154 Pending applications are terminated

154 Pending applications are terminated

(1) The suspension of Part 5 of this Act terminates any application made by a person to a council under that Part that is pending before the council immediately before that suspension. Accordingly, a council is not required to decide on the application.

(2) The council to whom the application was made is to advise the applicant of the termination and refund any application fee paid in connection with the application.

(3) This section does not prevent a further application being made if the suspension of the provision under which the application is made is revoked.

pt 11 (ss 151–155): Ins 2017 No 32, Sch 3.2 [8].