Chief executive must decide application

Current

(1)

The chief executive must decide the application by granting, or refusing to grant, the approval.

Note—

See section 211 (Reviewable decisions).

(2)

The chief executive may grant the approval on conditions the chief executive considers appropriate.

(3)

If the chief executive does not decide the application within the required period after receiving the application and fee, the application is taken to have been refused.

(4)

In this section—

required period, for deciding an application, means—

(a)

the period of 60 days—

(i)

starting the day after the application and fee are given to the chief executive; but

(ii)

if the chief executive asks for information under section 16—not including the period starting the day after the chief executive asks for the information until the day the applicant gives the information to the chief executive; or

(b)

any period, ending up to 30 days after the end of the period under paragraph (a), agreed to between the chief executive and the applicant.

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