(1) The Minister must consider and decide an application made under
section 25Rwithin 65 business days after the later of the following—
(a)
the day the Minister receives the application;
(b) the day the Minister
receives all information required by the Minister for deciding the
application.
(2) In deciding an application, the Minister may have regard
to—
(a) the extent and nature of the applicant’s loss or damage; and
(b)
the extent to which the applicant has mitigated, or attempted to mitigate, the
loss or damage; and
(c) any other matter the Minister considers appropriate.
(3) The Minister may decide—
(a) to pay all or part of the compensation
claimed; or
(b) to refuse to pay the compensation.
(4) If the Minister has
not decided an application within the period stated in subsection (1) for the
application, the Minister is taken to have refused to pay compensation.
