sec.24When no response by referral agency is taken to be direction to refuse— Act , s 58

sec.24 When no response by referral agency is taken to be direction to refuse— Act , s 58

This section applies to a development application for building work under the Building Act , if— the local government is a referral agency for the application; and the local government is assessing a matter other than the amenity and aesthetic impact of a building or structure; and the local government does not comply with section 56 (4) of the Act before the end of the period stated in the development assessment rules for complying with the section, including any extension of that period under the rules. For section 58 (2) (c) of the Act , the local government is taken to have directed the assessment manager to refuse the development application. (sec.24-ssec.1) This section applies to a development application for building work under the Building Act , if— the local government is a referral agency for the application; and the local government is assessing a matter other than the amenity and aesthetic impact of a building or structure; and the local government does not comply with section 56 (4) of the Act before the end of the period stated in the development assessment rules for complying with the section, including any extension of that period under the rules. (sec.24-ssec.2) For section 58 (2) (c) of the Act , the local government is taken to have directed the assessment manager to refuse the development application.

• (a) the local government is a referral agency for the application; and
• (b) the local government is assessing a matter other than the amenity and aesthetic impact of a building or structure; and
• (c) the local government does not comply with section 56 (4) of the Act before the end of the period stated in the development assessment rules for complying with the section, including any extension of that period under the rules.