44Executive Director must consider application

44 Executive Director must consider application

(1) The Executive Director must consider the application in accordance with this Subdivision. (2) A decision on the application must be made under subsection 49(1) within the following period (the consideration period) after the day the application is made: (a) unless paragraph (b) or (c) applies—70 working days; (b) unless paragraph (c) applies—if the rules prescribe a number of working days for that type of application, that number of working days; (c) if the Executive Director and each applicant agree to a number of working days—that number of working days.

Note: For circumstances affecting the calculation of the consideration period: see section 169.

(3) In considering the application, the Executive Director must have regard to the following: (a) any risks to human health or the environment associated with the proposed introduction and use of the industrial chemical; (b) any further information provided in accordance with section 45 or subsection 167(4); (c) any advice given by a prescribed body in accordance with section 46; (d) any advice given by the Gene Technology Regulator in accordance with section 47; (e) any submissions made by an applicant in accordance with section 48.