27FAAcceptance by Board of case for assessment

27FA Acceptance by Board of case for assessment

[Section 27FA Inserted by No. 31 of 2020, s. 6, Applied:30 Nov 2020]

(1)  In this section –

applicant or proponent, in respect of a case for assessment, means the applicant or proponent in respect of the application or proposal to which the case for assessment relates;

required information, in relation to a case for assessment, means the information required in order to satisfy the Board’s requirements, as referred to in section 74(3) , in respect of the application or proposal to which the case for assessment relates.

(2)  An applicant or proponent in respect of a case for assessment may request the Board to accept the case for assessment.

(3)  The Board, within 42 days after the day on which a request is made to the Board under subsection (2) in relation to a case for assessment, is to, by notice in writing to the applicant or proponent in respect of the case for assessment, advise the applicant or proponent as to whether the case for assessment has been accepted by the Board or has not been accepted by the Board.

(4)  If the Board, within 40 days after the day on which a request is made to the Board under subsection (2) in relation to a case for assessment, is not satisfied that the case for assessment includes the required information, the Board is to, by notice in writing to the applicant or proponent in respect of the case for assessment –

(a) advise the applicant or proponent that the information included in the case for assessment is insufficient or unsatisfactory, or both, as the case may be; and

(b) request the applicant or proponent to provide to the Board a case for assessment that includes the information specified in the notice.

(5)  If the Board gives, under subsection (4) or this subsection, a notice (the relevant notice) to an applicant or proponent, the Board must, within 8 days from the day on which it receives a case for assessment in accordance with the relevant notice, if the Board is not satisfied that the information specified in the relevant notice has been included in the case for assessment, by notice in writing to the applicant or proponent –