sec.134Failure to decide application

sec.134 Failure to decide application

Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and section 134A , if the chief executive fails to decide the application within 30 days after its receipt, the failure is taken to be a decision by the chief executive to refuse to grant the application. Subsection (3) applies if— a person has made an application for an approval; and the chief executive has, under section 132 (1) (b) , required the applicant to give the chief executive further information or a document. The chief executive is taken to have refused to grant the application if the chief executive does not decide the application within 30 days after the chief executive 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 chief executive for the decision. s 134 amd 2011 No. 41 s 9 (sec.134-ssec.1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and section 134A , if the chief executive fails to decide the application within 30 days after its receipt, the failure is taken to be a decision by the chief executive to refuse to grant the application. (sec.134-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if— a person has made an application for an approval; and the chief executive has, under section 132 (1) (b) , required the applicant to give the chief executive further information or a document. (sec.134-ssec.3) The chief executive is taken to have refused to grant the application if the chief executive does not decide the application within 30 days after the chief executive receives the further information or document. (sec.134-ssec.4) If the application is refused under this section, the applicant is entitled to be given an information notice by the chief executive for the decision.

• (a) a person has made an application for an approval; and
• (b) the chief executive has, under section 132 (1) (b) , required the applicant to give the chief executive further information or a document.