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178: Requirements for application for determination
or “Rules for asking the big boss to make a decision about something important”
You could also call this:

“The boss can say no to someone asking for a decision if they think the person is not being serious or is not allowed to ask.”

The chief executive can choose not to accept an application for a determination. If they do this, they can send the application back to you and not do anything else with it.

The chief executive can only do this if they think one of these things is true:

  1. Your application isn’t real or serious, or you’re just trying to cause trouble.
  2. You’re not actually involved in the situation.
  3. The chief executive has already made a decision about this same issue, or is currently looking at another application about it.

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Next up: 180: Application for determination may be withdrawn

or “You can take back your request for a decision at any time, and the boss will stop working on it”
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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities of chief executive: Power of chief executive to make determinations

179Chief executive may refuse application for determination

  1. The chief executive may—

  2. refuse an application for a determination; and
    1. return the application to the applicant (and do no more in relation to the application).

      1. Subsection (1) applies only if, in the chief executive's opinion,—

      2. the application is not genuine or is vexatious or frivolous; or
        1. the applicant is not a party; or
          1. the chief executive has made a determination, or is currently considering an application for a determination, on the same matter.