Food Act 2006
sec.143Failure to decide application
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sec.143 Failure to decide application
Subject to subsections (2) and (3) , 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 amend the approval. Subsection (3) applies if— an auditor has made an application to amend the conditions of the auditor’s approval; and the chief executive has, under section 142 (1) , required the auditor to give the chief executive further information or a document. The chief executive is taken to have refused to amend the approval if the chief executive does not decide the application within 30 days after the chief executive receives the further information or document verified, if required, by statutory declaration. 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. (sec.143-ssec.1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) , 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 amend the approval. (sec.143-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if— an auditor has made an application to amend the conditions of the auditor’s approval; and the chief executive has, under section 142 (1) , required the auditor to give the chief executive further information or a document. (sec.143-ssec.3) The chief executive is taken to have refused to amend the approval if the chief executive does not decide the application within 30 days after the chief executive receives the further information or document verified, if required, by statutory declaration. (sec.143-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) an auditor has made an application to amend the conditions of the auditor’s approval; and
- (b) the chief executive has, under section 142 (1) , required the auditor to give the chief executive further information or a document.