New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRS ACT 1980 - SECT 34

34 Notice of refusal

(1) Where the Authority refuses to grant a licence or certificate or to grant an application for the amendment or transfer of a licence, it shall cause a notice of refusal to be served on the applicant for the licence or certificate, or on the applicant for the amendment or transfer, as the case may require.

(2) In the case of a joint application for the grant or amendment or transfer of a licence it is a sufficient compliance with subsection (1) if the notice of refusal is served on any 1 of the applicants.

(3) A notice of refusal shall state the reasons for the refusal.

(4) For the purposes of this Act, the Authority shall be deemed to have refused to grant a licence or certificate or to grant an application for the amendment or transfer of a licence if it does not give a decision on an application:

(a) duly made with respect to that grant, and

(b) accompanied by the fee (if any) appropriate to that application,

within 3 months after the application is lodged with the Authority.