23If application does not comply

23 If application does not comply

(1) The Minister is not required to consider the application, or consider it further, if the application does not comply with the permit renewal application requirements. (2) If the Minister decides not to consider the application, or consider it further, because the application does not comply with the permit renewal application requirements, the Minister must give the applicant a written notice within 10 business days after the day the Minister makes the decision: (a) stating that the application does not comply with the permit renewal application requirements; and (b) setting out the matters that must be dealt with for the application to so comply. (3) If the application does not comply with the permit renewal application requirements within 30 business days after the notice is given (or such longer period as is specified in the notice or is approved by the Minister in writing upon the written request of the applicant), the application is taken to have been withdrawn.