sec.121Request to applicant about application

### sec.121 Request to applicant about application For an application under this Act, the chief executive may, by notice, require the applicant to do all or any of the following within a stated reasonable period— complete or correct the application if it appears to the chief executive to be incorrect, incomplete or defective; give the chief executive or a stated officer of the department additional information about, or relevant to, the application; The application is for a lease. The chief executive may require a document, prepared by an appropriately qualified person, independently verifying reserve data given in the proposed development plan for the lease. give the chief executive or a stated officer of the department an independent report by an appropriately qualified person, or a statement or statutory declaration, verifying all or any of the following— any information included in the application; any additional information required under paragraph (b) ; if the application is to renew an authority to prospect—that the applicant meets the relevant capability criteria under part 4 . For subsection (1) (b) , if the application is for a lease, a required document may include a survey or resurvey of the area of the proposed lease carried out by a person who is a cadastral surveyor under the Surveyors Act 2003 . For subsection (1) (c) , the notice may require the statement or statutory declaration— to be made by an appropriately qualified independent person or by the applicant; and if the applicant is a corporation—to be made for the applicant by an executive officer of the applicant. The giving of a statement for subsection (1) (c) does not prevent the chief executive from also requiring a statutory declaration for the subsection. The applicant must bear any costs incurred in complying with the notice. The chief executive may extend the period for complying with the notice. In this section— application does not include an application to the Land Court. information includes a document. s 121 prev s 121 ins 1995 No. 22 s 14 om 2003 No. 29 s 379 pres s 121 ins 2004 No. 26 s 62 amd 2009 No. 16 s 71 sub 2012 No. 20 s 257 (sec.121-ssec.1) For an application under this Act, the chief executive may, by notice, require the applicant to do all or any of the following within a stated reasonable period— complete or correct the application if it appears to the chief executive to be incorrect, incomplete or defective; give the chief executive or a stated officer of the department additional information about, or relevant to, the application; The application is for a lease. The chief executive may require a document, prepared by an appropriately qualified person, independently verifying reserve data given in the proposed development plan for the lease. give the chief executive or a stated officer of the department an independent report by an appropriately qualified person, or a statement or statutory declaration, verifying all or any of the following— any information included in the application; any additional information required under paragraph (b) ; if the application is to renew an authority to prospect—that the applicant meets the relevant capability criteria under part 4 . (sec.121-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (b) , if the application is for a lease, a required document may include a survey or resurvey of the area of the proposed lease carried out by a person who is a cadastral surveyor under the Surveyors Act 2003 . (sec.121-ssec.3) For subsection (1) (c) , the notice may require the statement or statutory declaration— to be made by an appropriately qualified independent person or by the applicant; and if the applicant is a corporation—to be made for the applicant by an executive officer of the applicant. (sec.121-ssec.4) The giving of a statement for subsection (1) (c) does not prevent the chief executive from also requiring a statutory declaration for the subsection. (sec.121-ssec.5) The applicant must bear any costs incurred in complying with the notice. (sec.121-ssec.6) The chief executive may extend the period for complying with the notice. (sec.121-ssec.7) In this section— application does not include an application to the Land Court. information includes a document. - (a) complete or correct the application if it appears to the chief executive to be incorrect, incomplete or defective; - (b) give the chief executive or a stated officer of the department additional information about, or relevant to, the application; Example— The application is for a lease. The chief executive may require a document, prepared by an appropriately qualified person, independently verifying reserve data given in the proposed development plan for the lease. - (c) give the chief executive or a stated officer of the department an independent report by an appropriately qualified person, or a statement or statutory declaration, verifying all or any of the following— (i) any information included in the application; (ii) any additional information required under paragraph (b) ; (iii) if the application is to renew an authority to prospect—that the applicant meets the relevant capability criteria under part 4 . - (i) any information included in the application; - (ii) any additional information required under paragraph (b) ; - (iii) if the application is to renew an authority to prospect—that the applicant meets the relevant capability criteria under part 4 . - (i) any information included in the application; - (ii) any additional information required under paragraph (b) ; - (iii) if the application is to renew an authority to prospect—that the applicant meets the relevant capability criteria under part 4 . - (a) to be made by an appropriately qualified independent person or by the applicant; and - (b) if the applicant is a corporation—to be made for the applicant by an executive officer of the applicant.