Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011

The chief executive must decide to grant or refuse to grant the application within the required decision-making period for the application.

However, the chief executive may extend, on 1 occasion, the required decision-making period for deciding the application by giving the applicant a notice about the extension before the end of the period.

The extension must not be more than—

if another provision of this Act states a period by which the required decision-making period may be extended—the stated period; or

otherwise—10 business days.

A failure to make a decision under this section is taken to be a decision to refuse to grant the application.

In this section—

that starts on the later of the following days—

the day the chief executive receives the application;

if further information or documents are requested under section 173T—the day the chief executive receives the information or documents; and

that ends after either of the following periods—

if another provision of this Act states a period for deciding the application—the stated period;

otherwise—20 business days.