40Additional information may be requested

### 40 Additional information may be requested > [*\[Section 40 Subsection (1) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-01-01/act-1997-085#JS4@Ja5@GC25@EN) [*\[Section 40 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 24 of 2014, s. 32, Applied:01 Jan 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-01-01/act-2014-024#GS32@EN) [*\[Section 40 Subsection (2) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-01-01/act-1997-085#JS4@Ja5@GC25@EN) [*\[Section 40 Subsection (2A) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-01-01/act-1997-085#JS4@Ja5@GC25@EN) *\[Section 40 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 104 of 1995, s. 12 \]*[*\[Section 40 Subsection (2A) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-01-01/act-1997-085#JS4@Ja5@GC25@EN) [*\[Section 40 Subsection (2B) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-01-01/act-1997-085#JS4@Ja5@GC25@EN) *\[Section 40 Subsection (2B) inserted by No. 104 of 1995, s. 12 \]*[*\[Section 40 Subsection (2C) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-01-01/act-1997-085#JS4@Ja5@GC25@EN) *\[Section 40 Subsection (2C) inserted by No. 104 of 1995, s. 12 \]*[*\[Section 40 Subsection (3) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-01-01/act-1997-085#JS4@Ja5@GC24@EN) [*\[Section 40 Subsection (4) inserted by No. 26 of 2007, s. 11, Applied:01 Aug 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-08-01/act-2007-026#GS11@EN) [*\[Section 40 Subsection (5) inserted by No. 26 of 2007, s. 11, Applied:01 Aug 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-08-01/act-2007-026#GS11@EN) [*\[Section 40 Repealed by No. 47 of 2015, s. 10, Applied:17 Dec 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-12-17/act-2015-047#GS10@EN) > > > (1)  A planning authority, within 28 days from the day on which it receives from a person a request under [section 37(1)](#GS37@Gs1@EN) for an amendment of an LPS, may, by notice in writing served on the person, require the person to provide to the planning authority additional information before it considers the request. > > > (2)  A period referred to in [section 38(2)](#GS38@Gs2@EN) or [(3)](#GS38@Gs3@EN) does not run in relation to a request under [section 37(1)](#GS37@Gs1@EN) by a person while additional information that the planning authority has required the person to provide has not, in the opinion of the planning authority, been provided to the planning authority. > > > (3)  If additional information is not provided, in accordance with a requirement under [subsection (1)](#GS40@Gs1@EN) , within 5 years after the requirement is made and the requirement is not revoked in accordance with a direction under [section 40A(4)](#GS40A@Gs4@EN) , the request under [section 37(1)](#GS37@Gs1@EN) for an amendment of an LPS lapses.