Food Act 2006
sec.77Failure to decide application
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sec.77 Failure to decide application
Subject to subsections (2) and (3) , if the local government fails to decide an application under subdivision 1 within 30 days after its receipt, the failure is taken to be a decision by the local government to refuse to renew, restore or amend the licence. Subsection (3) applies if— a person has made an application under subdivision 1 ; and the local government has, under section 75 (1) , required the person to give the local government further information or a document. The local government is taken to have refused to renew, restore or amend the licence if the local government does not decide the application within 30 days after the local government 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 local government for the decision. (sec.77-ssec.1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) , if the local government fails to decide an application under subdivision 1 within 30 days after its receipt, the failure is taken to be a decision by the local government to refuse to renew, restore or amend the licence. (sec.77-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if— a person has made an application under subdivision 1 ; and the local government has, under section 75 (1) , required the person to give the local government further information or a document. (sec.77-ssec.3) The local government is taken to have refused to renew, restore or amend the licence if the local government does not decide the application within 30 days after the local government receives the further information or document verified, if required, by statutory declaration. (sec.77-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 under subdivision 1 ; and
- (b) the local government has, under section 75 (1) , required the person to give the local government further information or a document.