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Fast-track Approvals Bill

Fast-track approval approvals process for eligible projects - Decisions about referral of projects and process of referral - Process after Minister receives referral application

20: Ministers Minister may request information

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“The Minister can ask for more details about an application before making a decision”

The Minister can ask for more information about a referral application. They can ask the person who applied, the local authorities, or the agencies in charge. The Minister will tell them when they need to give the information by.

The Minister must look at any information they get before the deadline. If information comes in late, the Minister doesn’t have to look at it, but they can if they want to. They can only do this if they haven’t made a decision yet under [section 22A].

The Minister can ask for more information any time before they make a decision about the referral application under [section 22A].

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Part 2 Fast-track approval approvals process for eligible projects
Decisions about referral of projects and process of referral: Process after Minister receives referral application

20 Ministers Minister may request information

  1. The Minister may request further information about a referral application from the applicant, the relevant local authorities, or the relevant administering agencies to be provided within the time frame specified in the request.

  2. The Minister—

  3. must consider any information received within that time frame:
    1. is not required to consider any information received after that time frame, but may do so, in the Minister's absolute discretion, as long as the Minister has not already made a decision under section 22A .

      1. A request may be made at any time before a decision on the referral application is made under section 22A .