Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) If –
the principal officer of the agency or the Minister is, for the purpose of enabling an application to be made to the Ombudsman under section 48, to be taken to have made, on the last day of the relevant period, a decision refusing to grant the request.(a) a request has been made to an agency or Minister under section 13 or 37; and
(b) the period provided in section 16 or 41, as the case may be, has elapsed; and
(c) notice of a decision on the request has not been received by the applicant –
(2) If –
the Ombudsman may, at the request of the applicant and if the decision was made by a Minister or the principal officer of an agency, treat the application as extending to an application for review of that decision in accordance with section 48.(a) by virtue of this section an application has been made to the Ombudsman under section 48 but the Ombudsman has made no decision on the application; and
(b) a decision, other than a decision to grant the request, is given by the agency or Minister –
(3) Before further hearing an application made under section 48 by virtue of this section, the Ombudsman may, on the application of the Minister or principal officer of the agency concerned, allow the Minister or agency further time to deal with the request.
(4) The Ombudsman may allow a Minister or agency further time in accordance with subsection (3), subject to such conditions as the Ombudsman thinks fit, including a condition that any charge that might otherwise be required to be paid be reduced or waived.