54Additional information

### 54 Additional information > > (1)  [*\[Section 54 Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 2020, s. 10, Applied:28 Oct 2020\]*](/view/html/inforce/2020-10-28/act-2020-021#GS10@EN) [*\[Section 54 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2001, s. 28, Applied:16 Jul 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-07-16/act-2001-049#GS28@EN) [*\[Section 54 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 24 of 2014, s. 42, Applied:01 Jan 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-01-01/act-2014-024#GS42@EN) A planning authority that receives an application for a permit (other than a permit referred to in [section 40T](#GS40T@EN) ) may – > > > > > > (a) if the permit sought is a discretionary permit, by notice in writing served on the applicant within the period of 21 days from the day on which it receives the application; or > > > > > > > (b) if the permit sought is not a discretionary permit, by notice in writing served on the applicant within the period of 14 days from the day on which it receives the application – > > > > require the applicant to provide it with additional information before it considers the application. > > > (1A)  [*\[Section 54 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 26 of 2007, s. 19, Applied:01 Aug 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-08-01/act-2007-026#GS19@Hpa@EN) If the period specified in [subsection (1)](#GS54@Gs1@EN) includes any days on which the office of the planning authority is closed during normal business hours in that part of the State where the land subject to the application for a permit is situated, that period is to be extended by the number of those days. > > > (2)  [*\[Section 54 Subsection (2) amended by No. 51 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:01 Mar 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-03-01/act-2013-051#GS4@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 54 Subsection (2) amended by No. 51 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:01 Mar 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-03-01/act-2013-051#GS4@Hpa@EN) If the planning authority requires the applicant to provide it with additional information, the relevant period referred to in [section 57(6)(b)](#GS57@Gs6@Hpb@EN) or [58(2)](#GS58@Gs2@EN) does not run while the request for information has not been answered to the satisfaction of the planning authority. > > > (2AA)  [*\[Section 54 Subsection (2AA) inserted by No. 47 of 2015, s. 17, Applied:17 Dec 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-12-17/act-2015-047#GS17@EN) If additional information is not provided, in accordance with a request under [subsection (1)](#GS54@Gs1@EN) , within 2 years, or a longer period agreed to by the applicant and the planning authority, after the request is made, the application for a permit, to which the request relates, lapses. > > > (2A)  [*\[Section 54 Subsection (2A) amended by No. 51 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:01 Mar 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-03-01/act-2013-051#GS4@Hpd@EN) [*\[Section 54 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 43 of 2009, s. 8, Applied:01 Jan 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-01-01/act-2009-043#GS8@EN) If the Appeals Tribunal determines that – > > > > > > (a) a planning authority had, in good faith, required an applicant under [subsection (1)](#GS54@Gs1@EN) or [(3)](#GS54@Gs3@EN) to provide the authority with additional information; but > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 54 Subsection (2A) amended by No. 51 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:01 Mar 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-03-01/act-2013-051#GS4@Hpc@EN) the planning authority ought to have been satisfied with the information provided to the planning authority by the applicant before the requirement was served on the applicant – > > > > the relevant period referred to in [section 57(6)(b)](#GS57@Gs6@Hpb@EN) or [58(2)](#GS58@Gs2@EN) does not run for the period beginning on the day on which the requirement was served on the applicant and ending at the end of the day that is 7 clear days after the day on which the determination was made by the Appeals Tribunal. > > > (3)  [*\[Section 54 Subsection (3) amended by No. 16 of 2020, s. 7, Applied:30 Nov 2020\]*](/view/html/inforce/2020-11-30/act-2020-016#GS7@EN) [*\[Section 54 Subsection (3) inserted by No. 26 of 2007, s. 19, Applied:01 Aug 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-08-01/act-2007-026#GS19@Hpb@EN) The planning authority must, within 8 business days from the day it receives the additional information under [subsection (1)](#GS54@Gs1@EN) , notify the applicant if the request for information has not been answered to its satisfaction and in that notification require the applicant to provide it with the additional information.