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Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011
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### sec.30 Deciding application
The chief executive must decide either to grant or to refuse an exempt waste application within 28 days after the later of the following days—
the day the chief executive receives the application;
if additional information or documents are requested under section 29 —the day the chief executive receives the information or documents.
In deciding the application, the chief executive must consider—
the objects of this Act; and
the information outlined in the application.
However, the chief executive must refuse the application in the circumstances prescribed by regulation.
A failure to make a decision within the period required is taken to be a decision by the chief executive to refuse the application.
s 30 prev s 30 om 2013 No. 6 s 23
pres s 30 ins 2019 No. 2 s 6
(sec.30-ssec.1) The chief executive must decide either to grant or to refuse an exempt waste application within 28 days after the later of the following days— the day the chief executive receives the application; if additional information or documents are requested under section 29 —the day the chief executive receives the information or documents.
(sec.30-ssec.2) In deciding the application, the chief executive must consider— the objects of this Act; and the information outlined in the application.
(sec.30-ssec.3) However, the chief executive must refuse the application in the circumstances prescribed by regulation.
(sec.30-ssec.4) A failure to make a decision within the period required is taken to be a decision by the chief executive to refuse the application.
- (a) the day the chief executive receives the application;
- (b) if additional information or documents are requested under section 29 —the day the chief executive receives the information or documents.
- (a) the objects of this Act; and
- (b) the information outlined in the application.