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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Referral of project to fast-track approvals process - Process after Minister receives referral application

20: Minister may request information

You could also call this:

"The Minister can ask you for more information to help them decide on your application."

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The Minister can ask for more information about your referral application. You, or the people you lodged the application with, might need to give the Minister this information. The Minister will tell you how long you have to provide the information. The Minister must think about the information you give within the time frame, but they do not have to think about information you give after that time. However, the Minister can think about late information if they want to, as long as they have not already made a decision under section 21. The Minister can ask for more information at any time before they make a decision about your referral application under section 21.

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Part 2Fast-track approvals process
Referral of project to fast-track approvals process: Process after Minister receives referral application

20Minister may request information

  1. The Minister may request further information about a referral application from the applicant (or, if the application is lodged by more than 1 person, any of those persons), 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 on the referral application under section 21.

      1. A request may be made at any time before a decision on the referral application is made under section 21.

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