Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Panel consideration of substantive application - Suspension of processing substantive application

60: When processing of substantive application may be suspended

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"When can work on an application be put on hold?"

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You can stop working on a substantive application in some situations. This can happen when the EPA tells you to under section 61, or when the panel convener tells you to under section 62. It can also happen if the panel convener or the panel choose to, after the applicant asks them to under section 64, or if the EPA gets advice under section 68(2)(b). When you stop working on an application, you do not count the time it is stopped towards the time frame for processing it.

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59: Remote access hearing, or

"Hearings can be held online so people can join in from anywhere, and the public can watch or listen for free."

61: EPA may direct suspension in processing substantive application, or

"The EPA can pause your application if you haven't paid their costs, and will restart it when you pay."

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Panel consideration of substantive application: Suspension of processing substantive application

60When processing of substantive application may be suspended

Processing of a substantive application may be suspended in the following circumstances:
by direction of the EPA under section 61:
by direction of the panel convener under section 62:
at the discretion of the panel convener or the panel following a request under section 64 by the applicant:
if the EPA commissions advice under section 68(2)(b).

Any time frame under this Act that relates to the processing of a substantive application excludes any period during which processing of the application is suspended.

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2020 No 35 Schedule 6 cl 6(1)

Notes

Section 60(1)(b): amended, on 17 December 2025, by section 31(1) of the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 78).
Section 60(1)(c): amended, on 17 December 2025, by section 31(2) of the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 78).