52Step-in notice

52 Step-in notice

52 Step-in notice

(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, give the decision-maker and applicant for a prescribed decision or a prescribed process a written notice (a step-in notice) advising the decision-maker and applicant the Authority will make an assessment and a decision about the prescribed decision or prescribed process under this Division.

(2) Before deciding to approve the giving of a step-in notice, the Minister must be satisfied the giving of the notice is necessary—

(a) for the protection, rebuilding or recovery of a community, or

(b) to mitigate against potential disasters for a community, or

(c) to improve the resilience of a community for potential disasters, including, for example, through the betterment of the community.

(3) The step-in notice must—

(a) identify the prescribed decision or prescribed process, and

(b) state the Authority is the decision-maker for the prescribed decision or prescribed process from the time the notice is given until the Authority makes a decision, under section 56, about the prescribed decision or prescribed process.