19Period for making a decision on a permit application—default period

19 Period for making a decision on a permit application—default period

(1) If the Minister receives an application for a special import permit, the Minister must decide whether to grant the permit: (a) for a pre‑consented recovery facility special import permit—within the period of 7 days starting after the day the Minister gives, under subregulation 12(2) or (3), notice to the competent authority of the exporting country for the permit (the decision period); or (b) otherwise—within the period of 30 days starting after the day the Minister gives such notice to the competent authority of the exporting country for the permit (the decision period).

Note 1: The decision period for a pre‑consented recovery facility special import permit may be paused or extended under regulation 11 or 22.

Note 2: The decision period for other special import permits may be paused or extended under regulation 11, 21 or 22.

(2) If the Minister has not decided whether to grant the permit by the end of the decision period for the permit, the Minister is to be taken to have decided, on the last day of that period, to grant the permit.