22ACEffect of withdrawal or lapse of application

22AC Effect of withdrawal or lapse of application

If: (a) 2 or more applications have been made under section 20 for the grant of a permit in respect of the same block or blocks; and (b) one or more, but not all, of the applications are withdrawn or have lapsed; the following paragraphs have effect: (c) the withdrawn or lapsed application or applications are taken not to have been made; (d) if the Joint Authority had informed the applicant or one of the applicants whose application had been withdrawn or had lapsed that it was prepared to grant to that applicant a permit in respect of the block or blocks—the Joint Authority is taken not to have so informed the applicant concerned; (e) if the applicant or one of the applicants whose application had been withdrawn had requested the Joint Authority under subsection 22(3) to grant a permit to the applicant concerned—the request is taken not to have been made; (f) if the Joint Authority had refused to grant a permit to the remaining applicant or to any of the remaining applicants—the refusal or refusals are taken not to have occurred.