sec.89Period for deciding application

sec.89 Period for deciding application

The chief executive must decide an application— if the day by which the application must be decided has been extended by agreement under section 88 —on or before the agreed day; or otherwise—on or before the final consideration day for the application. Subsection (3) applies if the chief executive has asked, under section 216 , for a criminal history report about a relevant person in relation to the application. The day by which the application must be decided under subsection (1) is extended by the number of days it takes for the criminal history report to be given to the chief executive after the chief executive asks for the report. The chief executive is taken to have refused to grant the application if the chief executive fails to decide the application by the day required under this section. The applicant is entitled to be given an information notice for the deemed refusal. (sec.89-ssec.1) The chief executive must decide an application— if the day by which the application must be decided has been extended by agreement under section 88 —on or before the agreed day; or otherwise—on or before the final consideration day for the application. (sec.89-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if the chief executive has asked, under section 216 , for a criminal history report about a relevant person in relation to the application. (sec.89-ssec.3) The day by which the application must be decided under subsection (1) is extended by the number of days it takes for the criminal history report to be given to the chief executive after the chief executive asks for the report. (sec.89-ssec.4) The chief executive is taken to have refused to grant the application if the chief executive fails to decide the application by the day required under this section. (sec.89-ssec.5) The applicant is entitled to be given an information notice for the deemed refusal.

• (a) if the day by which the application must be decided has been extended by agreement under section 88 —on or before the agreed day; or
• (b) otherwise—on or before the final consideration day for the application.