55Effects of step-in notice

55 Effects of step-in notice

55 Effects of step-in notice

If the Authority gives a step-in notice for a prescribed decision or prescribed process, the Authority—

(a) is the decision-maker under the relevant law for the prescribed decision or prescribed process from the time the step-in notice is given until the Authority makes a decision under section 56 about the prescribed decision or prescribed process, and

(b) has, for making the decision, all the powers of the decision-maker under the relevant law for the prescribed decision or prescribed process, and

(c) must, in making the decision, consider the following—

(i) the criteria, if any, for making the prescribed decision or undertaking the prescribed process under the relevant law,

(ii) the primary object of this Act.