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Radiation Safety Act 1999
sec.64Further consideration of applications for licences
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### sec.64 Further consideration of applications for licences
This section applies if the chief executive considers he or she needs further time to make a decision on an application for a licence because of the complexity of the matters that need to be considered in deciding the application.
an application for a possession licence to possess radioactive substances for the manufacture of radiopharmaceuticals
The chief executive may at any time before the final consideration day give written notice to the applicant that—
because of the complexity of the matters that need to be considered in deciding the application, the chief executive needs further time to decide the application; and
the period within which the chief executive must decide the application is extended to a day (the extended day ) that is 90 days after the final consideration day.
Also, the applicant and chief executive may at any time before the final consideration day agree in writing on a day (the agreed extended day ) by which the application is to be decided.
The chief executive is taken to have refused to grant the application if the chief executive does not decide the application by the latest of the following days—
if the chief executive has given a notice to the applicant under subsection (2) —the extended day;
if there is an agreement between the applicant and chief executive under subsection (3) —the agreed extended day.
In this section—
final consideration day means the later of the following days—
the day that is 90 days after receipt of the application;
if the chief executive has, under section 61 (1) (b) , required the applicant to give the chief executive further information or a document—the day that is 90 days after the chief executive receives the further information or document;
if the chief executive has, under section 61 (1) (c) , required the applicant to undergo an examination—the day that is 90 days after the chief executive receives the results of the examination.
(sec.64-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive considers he or she needs further time to make a decision on an application for a licence because of the complexity of the matters that need to be considered in deciding the application. an application for a possession licence to possess radioactive substances for the manufacture of radiopharmaceuticals
(sec.64-ssec.2) The chief executive may at any time before the final consideration day give written notice to the applicant that— because of the complexity of the matters that need to be considered in deciding the application, the chief executive needs further time to decide the application; and the period within which the chief executive must decide the application is extended to a day (the extended day ) that is 90 days after the final consideration day.
(sec.64-ssec.3) Also, the applicant and chief executive may at any time before the final consideration day agree in writing on a day (the agreed extended day ) by which the application is to be decided.
(sec.64-ssec.4) The chief executive is taken to have refused to grant the application if the chief executive does not decide the application by the latest of the following days— if the chief executive has given a notice to the applicant under subsection (2) —the extended day; if there is an agreement between the applicant and chief executive under subsection (3) —the agreed extended day.
(sec.64-ssec.5) In this section— final consideration day means the later of the following days— the day that is 90 days after receipt of the application; if the chief executive has, under section 61 (1) (b) , required the applicant to give the chief executive further information or a document—the day that is 90 days after the chief executive receives the further information or document; if the chief executive has, under section 61 (1) (c) , required the applicant to undergo an examination—the day that is 90 days after the chief executive receives the results of the examination.
- (a) because of the complexity of the matters that need to be considered in deciding the application, the chief executive needs further time to decide the application; and
- (b) the period within which the chief executive must decide the application is extended to a day (the extended day ) that is 90 days after the final consideration day.
- (a) if the chief executive has given a notice to the applicant under subsection (2) —the extended day;
- (b) if there is an agreement between the applicant and chief executive under subsection (3) —the agreed extended day.
- (a) the day that is 90 days after receipt of the application;
- (b) if the chief executive has, under section 61 (1) (b) , required the applicant to give the chief executive further information or a document—the day that is 90 days after the chief executive receives the further information or document;
- (c) if the chief executive has, under section 61 (1) (c) , required the applicant to undergo an examination—the day that is 90 days after the chief executive receives the results of the examination.