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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

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

65: Resumption in processing of substantive application following suspension under section 64

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"What happens when your application is unsuspended and processing starts again"

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If you had your application suspended under section 64(3), you can ask the EPA to start processing it again. You need to make this request in writing. If you make this request, the panel must start processing your application again. The panel can also decide to start processing your application again without you asking them to, under section 66(2)(b).

When the panel starts processing your application again, the EPA will send a written notice to the people who were told about the suspension under section 64(4). This notice will say when the panel started processing your application again. If you are one of the people who received notice about the suspension under section 64(4)(b) or (c), you will have to start processing the application again when you get this notice.

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Panel consideration of substantive application: Suspension of processing substantive application

65Resumption in processing of substantive application following suspension under section 64

  1. An applicant granted a suspension under section 64(3) may request in writing to the EPA that the processing of the substantive application be resumed.

  2. If a request is made under subsection (1), the panel must resume processing the substantive application.

  3. The panel may decide under section 66(2)(b) to resume processing the substantive application in the absence of a request under subsection (1).

  4. If a panel resumes processing a substantive application under subsection (2) or (3), the EPA must give written notice of that fact, specifying the date on which the panel resumed processing, to the persons or groups notified of the suspension under section 64(4).

  5. A person referred to in section 64(4)(b) or (c) must resume processing the substantive application if they receive a notice under subsection (4).

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