National Injury Insurance Scheme (Queensland) Act 2016
sec.24Failure to decide application
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sec.24 Failure to decide application
If the agency fails to decide an application within the decision-making period, the failure is taken to be a decision by the agency to refuse the application. If the application is taken to be refused under this section, each person mentioned in section 23 (1) is entitled to be given an information notice by the agency for the decision. In this section— decision-making period includes an extension of the decision-making period under section 22 (8) . (sec.24-ssec.1) If the agency fails to decide an application within the decision-making period, the failure is taken to be a decision by the agency to refuse the application. (sec.24-ssec.2) If the application is taken to be refused under this section, each person mentioned in section 23 (1) is entitled to be given an information notice by the agency for the decision. (sec.24-ssec.3) In this section— decision-making period includes an extension of the decision-making period under section 22 (8) .