Food Act 2006
sec.107Failure to decide application
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sec.107 Failure to decide application
Subject to subsections (2) and (3) , if the local government fails to decide the application within 30 days after its receipt, the failure is taken to be a decision by the local government to refuse to accredit the food safety program. Subsection (3) applies if— a person has made an application for accreditation of a food safety program; and the local government has, under section 105 (1) , required the applicant to give the local government further information or a document. The local government is taken to have refused to accredit the food safety program if the local government does not decide the application within 30 days after the local government receives the further information or document. If the application is refused under this section, the applicant is entitled to be given an information notice by the local government for the decision. (sec.107-ssec.1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) , if the local government fails to decide the application within 30 days after its receipt, the failure is taken to be a decision by the local government to refuse to accredit the food safety program. (sec.107-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if— a person has made an application for accreditation of a food safety program; and the local government has, under section 105 (1) , required the applicant to give the local government further information or a document. (sec.107-ssec.3) The local government is taken to have refused to accredit the food safety program if the local government does not decide the application within 30 days after the local government receives the further information or document. (sec.107-ssec.4) If the application is refused under this section, the applicant is entitled to be given an information notice by the local government for the decision.
- (a) a person has made an application for accreditation of a food safety program; and
- (b) the local government has, under section 105 (1) , required the applicant to give the local government further information or a document.