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Fisheries Act 1994
sec.48Chief executive may require claimant to give further information
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### sec.48 Chief executive may require claimant to give further information
The chief executive may, by written notice to the claimant, require the claimant to give the chief executive within a stated reasonable period—
additional information about, or a document relating to, the claim; or
a statutory declaration verifying information included in the claim or additional information required under paragraph (a) .
The notice may be given at any time before the claim is decided.
If the claimant does not comply with the requirement within the following period, the claimant is taken to have withdrawn the claim—
generally—the period stated in the notice;
if, within the period stated in the notice, the chief executive agrees in writing to a longer period to comply with the requirement—the longer period.
s 48 amd 2006 No. 28 s 22
sub 2019 No. 6 s 33
(sec.48-ssec.1) The chief executive may, by written notice to the claimant, require the claimant to give the chief executive within a stated reasonable period— additional information about, or a document relating to, the claim; or a statutory declaration verifying information included in the claim or additional information required under paragraph (a) .
(sec.48-ssec.2) The notice may be given at any time before the claim is decided.
(sec.48-ssec.3) If the claimant does not comply with the requirement within the following period, the claimant is taken to have withdrawn the claim— generally—the period stated in the notice; if, within the period stated in the notice, the chief executive agrees in writing to a longer period to comply with the requirement—the longer period.
- (a) additional information about, or a document relating to, the claim; or
- (b) a statutory declaration verifying information included in the claim or additional information required under paragraph (a) .
- (a) generally—the period stated in the notice;
- (b) if, within the period stated in the notice, the chief executive agrees in writing to a longer period to comply with the requirement—the longer period.