Environmental Protection Act 1994

Subject to subsections (2) and (3), if the chief executive fails to decide the application within 30 days after receiving it, the failure is taken to be a decision by the chief executive to refuse to grant the application.

Subsection (3) applies if—

a person has made an application under this part; and

the chief executive has, under section 318YM(1), required the applicant to give the chief executive further information.

The chief executive is taken to have refused to grant the application if the chief executive does not decide the application within 30 days after the chief executive receives the further information.

If the application is taken to be refused under this section, the applicant is entitled to be given an information notice by the chief executive for the decision.