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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Panel consideration of substantive application - Panel decisions

79: Timing of panel decisions

You could also call this:

“When panels must decide on approvals”

You need to know about how quickly a panel must make decisions. The panel has to give its decision papers within a certain time. This time can be set by the person in charge of the panel, called the panel convener. If the convener doesn’t set a time, the panel has 30 working days after the date when people were supposed to send in their comments.

If the panel convener sets a time, they have to do it when they’re following the rules in section 52 or before that. The convener needs to think about what’s right for the job, looking at how big and complicated it is. They also need to talk to the agencies involved and let the person who applied know about the time frame.

The convener has to think about a few things when setting the time. They need to consider how big the job is, what kind of job it is, and how tricky it might be. They also need to think about anything else that came up when someone applied for approval.

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Part 2 Fast-track approvals process
Panel consideration of substantive application: Panel decisions

79Timing of panel decisions

  1. A panel must issue its decision documents under section 88 within—

  2. a time frame set by the panel convener in accordance with subsection (2); or
    1. if no time frame is set, within 30 working days after the date specified for receiving comments under section 53.

      1. A time frame set by the panel convener for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) must—

      2. be set at or before the time the panel convener complies with section 52; and
        1. be a time frame that the panel convener considers is appropriate, having regard to the scale, nature, and complexity of the approvals sought in, and any other matters raised by, the substantive application; and
          1. be set after consulting the relevant administering agencies; and
            1. be notified to the applicant.

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