Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if the council fails to make a decision on a heritage recommendation for an application within the relevant period for the recommendation.
(2) If the application is for the entry of a place in the Queensland heritage register, the council is taken to have decided not to enter the place in the register.
(3) If the application is for the removal of a place from the Queensland heritage register, the council is taken to have decided to leave the place in the register.
(4) A decision mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) is taken to have been made by the council at the end of the relevant period for the recommendation.
(5) In this section--
relevant period, for a heritage recommendation, means--
(a) 60 business days after the council receives the recommendation; or
(b) if the council and the owner of the place the subject of the recommendation have agreed, under section 52, to extend the day for making the decision on the recommendation--100 business days after the council receives the recommendation.