New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(1973 Act, s 28QC)
(1) The Director-General must decide whether to proceed with investigation of an application for assistance or, having proceeded with such an investigation, whether to discontinue that investigation.
(2) In so deciding, the Director-General must have regard to whether, in the opinion of the Director-General:(a) the application is frivolous, vexatious, misconceived or lacking in substance, or(b) the applicant has unreasonably delayed complying with a requirement for further information, or(c) investigation, or further investigation, is a matter for a consent authority, or(d) the applicant has an alternative and better means of redress.The Director-General may have regard to such other matters as the Director-General considers to be appropriate.
(3) If the Director-General decides to investigate an application, the Director-General must:(a) inform the applicant of the decision, and(b) except where the body corporate is the applicant-inform the body corporate of the decision and of the subject-matter of the investigation, and(c) inform the developer concerned and the relevant consent authority of the decision and of the subject-matter of the investigation, and(d) invite each of those persons (other than the applicant) to make within a specified period a written submission with respect to that subject-matter.
(4) If the Director-General decides not to investigate an application or to discontinue an investigation, the Director-General must so inform the applicant and, in the case of a discontinuance, each other person whom the Director-General notified of the original decision to investigate the application.
(5) On completion of an investigation by a delegate of the Director-General of an application, the delegate must report to the Director-General on the results of the investigation.