55Application to go to referral authorities

55 Application to go to referral authorities S. 55(1) amended by No. 3/2013 s. 17(1). (1) A responsible authority must give a copy of an application, together with the prescribed information, to every person or body that the planning scheme specifies as a referral authority for applications of that kind without delay unless the applicant satisfies the responsible authority that the referral authority has— (a) considered the proposal for which the application is made within the past three months; and (b) stated in writing that it does not object to the granting of the permit for the proposal. (2) The referral authority must tell the responsible authority in writing within the prescribed time after getting the application if it needs any more information. S. 55(3) inserted by No. 3/2013 s. 17(2). (3) The referral authority must give to the applicant, without delay, a copy of any request that it makes to the responsible authority under subsection (2) in respect of the application. S. 55(4) inserted by No. 3/2013 s. 17(2). (4) A planning scheme may specify that a referral authority is— (a) a determining referral authority; or (b) a recommending referral authority. S. 55A inserted by No. 97/1987 s. 176(1), repealed by No. 94/1998 s. 183(Sch. 4 item 3).