Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00823:section:286:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00823
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 286 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 545060–546018

ACMA must make a decision under section 77C in response to an application for the renewal of the spectrum licence:
 (a) within 6 months after receiving the application; or
 (b) if the ACMA has, within that 6 months, given the applicant a notice under section 77B requiring the applicant to give the ACMA further information in connection with the application—within 6 months after receiving that further information.
 (7) The ACMA is taken, for the purposes of this Part, to have made a decision to refuse the application mentioned in subsection (6) if the ACMA has not informed the applicant of its decision before the end of the relevant period of 6 months.
 (8) If subsection (7) applies, the ACMA must:
 (a) prepare a written statement explaining why it was unable to make its decision before the end of the relevant period of 6 months; and
 (b) give the statement to the applicant as soon as practicable after the end of the relevant period of 6 months.