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Natural Environment Bill

Natural resource permits - Market-based allocation processes and comparative permitting processes - Comparative consenting process

212: Affected applications to be dealt with at same time

You could also call this:

"Dealing with similar applications at the same time"

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If you submit an affected application to a permit authority within a certain time, it must be dealt with at the same time as other similar applications. You will go through the same steps and meet the same requirements as the other applications. This will all happen within the same timeframe.

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211: Part applies to affect application, or

"This part of the law applies to certain applications that are affected by the proposed changes."

213: When time frame for processing affected applications commences, or

"When does the clock start for processing your application?"

Part 4Natural resource permits
Market-based allocation processes and comparative permitting processes: Comparative consenting process

212Affected applications to be dealt with at same time

All affected applications submitted to a permit authority within the same required time period must,—
subject to this Part, together undergo the procedures and requirements of the permitting process at the same time; and
undergo those procedures and requirements in accordance with the same time frame.