sec.46Deemed decision on access application

### sec.46 Deemed decision on access application If an applicant is not given written notice of the decision by the end of the processing period for an access application for a document— on the last day of the processing period the principal officer of the agency or the Minister is taken to have made a decision (a deemed decision ) refusing access to the document; and any application fee paid for the application must be refunded as soon as practicable after the end of the processing period. As soon as practicable after a deemed decision is taken to have been made, the principal officer or Minister must give prescribed written notice of the decision to the applicant. s 46 amd 2023 No. 32 s 99 (sec.46-ssec.1) If an applicant is not given written notice of the decision by the end of the processing period for an access application for a document— on the last day of the processing period the principal officer of the agency or the Minister is taken to have made a decision (a deemed decision ) refusing access to the document; and any application fee paid for the application must be refunded as soon as practicable after the end of the processing period. (sec.46-ssec.2) As soon as practicable after a deemed decision is taken to have been made, the principal officer or Minister must give prescribed written notice of the decision to the applicant. - (a) on the last day of the processing period the principal officer of the agency or the Minister is taken to have made a decision (a deemed decision ) refusing access to the document; and - (b) any application fee paid for the application must be refunded as soon as practicable after the end of the processing period.