Extending decision period for application
18 Extending decision period for application
This section applies if the commissioner needs to extend the decision period for an application for a licence because of the complexity of the issues that must be considered in deciding the application.
Example—
an application requiring the commissioner to obtain and consider information about the applicant from a foreign licensing authority
The commissioner may at any time before the end of the decision period give notice to the applicant that—
because of the complexity of the issues that must be considered in deciding the application, the commissioner needs to extend the decision period; and
the period within which the commissioner must decide the application is extended to a stated day that is 20 business days after the end of the decision period.
Also, the applicant and commissioner may, at any time before the end of the decision period for the application, agree in writing on a day by which the application must be decided.
In this section—
decision period, for an application for a licence, means 20 business days after the commissioner receives—
if the applicant was required to give information under section 17(2)(a)—the information; or
if the applicant was required to undergo an examination under section 17(2)(b)—the results of the examination; or
otherwise—the application.
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