New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ACT 1989 - SECT 23

23 Notice of refusal

(1) If the Council refuses to issue a licence, the Council is required to cause notice of the refusal, and of the grounds for the refusal, to be served on the applicant.

(2) In the case of an application made by more than one person, it is sufficient if the notice is served on any one of the applicants.

(3) If, at the expiration of 90 days after an application has been made the Council has failed to determine the application, the Council is to be taken, for the purposes of any application to the Administrative Decisions Tribunal for a review under this Act, to have refused the application concerned.

(4) If an application for a licence is refused, the Council may (having regard to any costs incurred by it in respect of the application) refund the whole or part of any fees paid in respect of the application.