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Water Industry Competition Act 2006
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#### 93B Time limit for determination of applications
93B Time limit for determination of applications
> > (1) The Minister and IPART must use their best endeavours to determine applications under this Act as quickly as reasonably practicable.
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> > (2) If IPART has not advised an applicant under this Act of its decision on the application within the period fixed by the regulations for the application (the fixed period), the applicant may, after giving 14 days written notice to IPART, apply to the Minister for a direction to IPART requiring the decision to be made within a time fixed by the Minister.
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> > (3) In determining whether the fixed period has passed, a period between the date when, in accordance with this Act, the applicant is asked by the Minister or IPART to provide further information or to take other action to enable the application to be determined and the date when the information is provided or the action taken is to be disregarded.
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> > (4) The regulations may provide that other periods of time are not to be taken into consideration in determining whether the fixed period has passed.
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> **s 93B:** Ins 2021 No 26, Sch 1\[74\].