Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011

The chief executive must decide either to grant or refuse the application within 10 business days after the later of the following days—

the day the chief executive receives the application;

if additional information is requested under section 279—the day the chief executive receives the information.

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

In deciding whether to grant the application, the chief executive must consider the following—

the objects of this Act;

the information included in the application;

any criteria prescribed under a regulation (the residue waste discounted levy rate criteria).

The residue waste discounted levy rate criteria must include, for each type of residue waste, a residue waste efficiency threshold requirement to be met by the applicant.