Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGED CARE ACT 1997 - SECT 16.3

             (1)  If the Secretary needs further information to determine the application, the Secretary may give to the transferor and the transferee a notice requesting that:

                     (a)  either the transferor or the transferee give the further information; or

                     (b)  the transferor and the transferee jointly give the further information;

within 28 days after receiving the notice.

             (2)  The application is taken to be withdrawn if the further information is not given within the 28 days.

Note:          The period for giving the further information can be extended--see section 96‑7.

             (3)  The notice must contain a statement setting out the effect of subsection (2).