Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), if the board fails to decide the application within 40 business days after its receipt, the failure is taken to be a decision by the board to refuse to license the applicant.
(2) Subsection (3) applies if the board has--
(a) under section 38(1)(b), required the applicant to give the board further information or a document; or
(b) under section 38(1)(c), required the applicant to undergo an examination.
(3) The board is taken to have decided to refuse to license the applicant if it fails to decide the application by the later of the following days--
(a) the day that is 40 business days after the board receives the further information or document;
(b) the day that is 40 business days after the board receives the results of the examination.
(4) This section is subject to section 39.