55Provisional registration—decision

55 Provisional registration—decision (1) Within 6 months after the day the conservator receives a nomination for a tree, the conservator must decide whether to provisionally register the tree. Note Under s 57, the conservator is required to provisionally register Aboriginal cultural trees. (2) The conservator may, by written notice given to the nominator, require the nominator to give the conservator more information or a document that the conservator reasonably needs to decide whether to provisionally register the tree.

(3) If the nominator fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (2), the conservator may refuse to consider the nomination further. (4) If the conservator requires a nominator to give more information, the conservator may, by written notice given to the nominator, extend the 6-month period mentioned in subsection (1) by a stated period. (5) The conservator may provisionally register a tree only if the conservator is satisfied the tree satisfies the registration criteria.