Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00524:section:26
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00524
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 26
Character Range: 45654–46748

26  Accepting an application
 (1) The Authority must, within 15 business days after an application is given to the Authority:
 (a) accept the application; or
 (b) reject the application.
 (2) In determining whether to accept or reject the application, the Authority must have regard to the following matters:
 (a) whether the application complies with subsection 22(2);
 (b) whether the application relates to a matter that may be developed as a food regulatory measure, or that warrants the variation of a food regulatory measure;
 (c) whether the application is so similar to a previous application or proposal for the development or variation of a food regulatory measure that it ought to be rejected;
 (d) any other relevant matter.
 (3) If an application is rejected because it does not comply with subsection 22(2), the application must be disregarded for the purposes of determining whether a later application or proposal for the development or variation of a food regulatory measure is so similar to a previous application that the later application or proposal ought to be rejected.