WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 153 Time for determining permit application
WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 153
Subdivision 2 - Determination of applications for Division 3 permits Time for determining permit application
(1) The Minister is to determine a permit application (a) within 12 weeks after the day on which the application is made; or(b) within such longer period as the Minister and applicant, before the end of that 12-week period, agree.(2) For the purposes of calculating the 12-week period or longer period referred to in subsection (1) , the following periods are not to be taken into account:(a) if the Director under section 27(2) of the EMPC Act directs that the details of the proposed dam works under the permit application be referred to the EPA Board the period commencing on the day on which the Minister receives notification under section 148(2) that the Director has so directed the referral and ending (i) if an appeal to the Appeal Tribunal is not lodged under section 27(7) of the EMPC Act on the day on which the period within which such an appeal may be lodged expires; or(ii) if an appeal to the Appeal Tribunal is lodged under section 27(7) of the EMPC Act on the day on which the Minister receives notice of the determination of the appeal;(b) if the Minister has, under section 149(1) , required the applicant to provide further information or take action, or both the period commencing on the day on which the Minister makes that requirement and ending (i) on the day on which the Minister is satisfied that he or she has received all further information, and that all actions have been taken, in accordance with a requirement of a notice under section 149(1) ; or(ii) if a review under Part 14 is lodged against the requirement and the review is determined in favour of the applicant on the day on which the applicant receives notice of the determination of the review;(c) if the applicant has, under section 151(1) , requested the Minister to amend the permit application the period commencing on the day the Minister receives the request and ending on the day the Minister grants or refuses to grant the request.