82Failure of Secretary to act on application deemed refusal

82 Failure of Secretary to act on application deemed refusal

82 Failure of Secretary to act on application deemed refusal

(1) For the purposes of this Part, the Secretary shall be deemed to have refused—

(a) to register a company to carry on contributory funeral benefit business,

(b) to approve an alteration of or addition to the rules of a funeral contribution fund,

(c) to confirm a scheme for transfer or amalgamation by a funeral contribution fund,

(d) to register a corporation or any group of individuals to act as trustee or trustees of trust funds under pre-paid contracts,

(e) to confirm the appointment of an individual under section 38, or

(f) to confirm a scheme for transfer by a pre-paid funeral fund,

if the Secretary does not give a decision on an application duly made with respect thereto within 3 months after the application is made.

(2) (Repealed)

s 82: Am 2003 No 61, Sch 1 [48]–[50]; 2016 No 60, Sch 2.4 [13]–[15].