21Deemed refusal if Secretary does not make decision within 60 days

21 Deemed refusal if Secretary does not make decision within 60 days

(1) If: (a) the Secretary receives an application for certification of emissions‑controlled products in accordance with section 18; and (b) at the end of 60 days after the Secretary receives the application, the Secretary has not: (i) certified the products; or (ii) refused the application; or (iii) made a request under section 19 in relation to the application; the Secretary is taken, for the purposes of section 50, to have refused the application on the last of the 60 days. (2) If: (a) the Secretary receives an application for certification of emissions‑controlled products in accordance with section 18; and (b) the Secretary makes a request under section 19 for further information in relation to the application; and (c) at the end of 60 days after the further information is given to the Secretary, the Secretary has not: (i) certified the products; or (ii) refused the application; or (iii) made a further request under section 19 in relation to the application; the Secretary is taken, for the purposes of section 50, to have refused the application on the last of the 60 days.