sec.56Chief executive’s power to require further information about permit application

### sec.56 Chief executive’s power to require further information about permit application Before deciding an application for a permit, the chief executive may ask the applicant for any further information or document the chief executive reasonably requires to decide the application. The chief executive may require the information or document to be verified by a statutory declaration. If the application is for a commercial activity permit, the chief executive may give the applicant a written notice asking the applicant to give the information or document by the day stated in the notice. The notice must— be given to the applicant within 20 business days after the chief executive receives the application; and state a reasonable period of at least 20 business days after it is given within which the information or document must be given. Subsection (4) (a) does not apply if the application is for a commercial activity permit that is to form part of a joint permission. The applicant is taken to have withdrawn the application if the applicant does not comply with the request within— for a commercial activity permit—the period stated in the notice; or in any other case—a reasonable period. The chief executive may extend a period mentioned in subsection (5) . s 56 amd 2014 No. 63 s 18 (sec.56-ssec.1) Before deciding an application for a permit, the chief executive may ask the applicant for any further information or document the chief executive reasonably requires to decide the application. (sec.56-ssec.2) The chief executive may require the information or document to be verified by a statutory declaration. (sec.56-ssec.3) If the application is for a commercial activity permit, the chief executive may give the applicant a written notice asking the applicant to give the information or document by the day stated in the notice. (sec.56-ssec.4) The notice must— be given to the applicant within 20 business days after the chief executive receives the application; and state a reasonable period of at least 20 business days after it is given within which the information or document must be given. (sec.56-ssec.4A) Subsection (4) (a) does not apply if the application is for a commercial activity permit that is to form part of a joint permission. (sec.56-ssec.5) The applicant is taken to have withdrawn the application if the applicant does not comply with the request within— for a commercial activity permit—the period stated in the notice; or in any other case—a reasonable period. (sec.56-ssec.6) The chief executive may extend a period mentioned in subsection (5) . - (a) be given to the applicant within 20 business days after the chief executive receives the application; and - (b) state a reasonable period of at least 20 business days after it is given within which the information or document must be given. - (a) for a commercial activity permit—the period stated in the notice; or - (b) in any other case—a reasonable period.