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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

You could also call this:

"When can your application be put on hold?"

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The processing of your substantive application can be suspended in certain situations. You can find these situations in sections like section 61, section 62, and section 64. If the EPA needs advice, they can also suspend your application under section 68(2)(b).

When your application is suspended, the time frames for processing it do not include the time it is suspended. This means that if your application is suspended, the clock stops until it starts again.

You should look at the relevant sections to understand when your application can be suspended.

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Panel consideration of substantive application: Suspension of processing substantive application

60When processing of substantive application may be suspended

  1. Processing of a substantive application may be suspended in the following circumstances:

  2. by direction of the EPA under section 61:
    1. by direction of the Minister under section 62:
      1. at the discretion of the panel following a request under section 64 by the applicant:
        1. if the EPA commissions advice under section 68(2)(b).

          1. 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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