Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156:section:23dz
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 23DZ
Character Range: 331298–333072

23DZ  Refusal of application
 (1) The Minister may refuse an application under section 23DV, subsection 23DY(3) or subsection 23DYA(3) by giving the applicant written notice of the refusal and of the reasons for the refusal.
 (2) If:
 (a) in the case of an application under section 23DV:
 (i) at the end of 60 days after the application is made, a request has not been made to the applicant under section 23DW and the applicant has not been granted a remote area exemption under the relevant section; or
 (ii) a request has been made under section 23DW and, at the end of 60 days after the request was made, the applicant has not been granted a remote area exemption under the relevant section; or
 (b) in the case of an application under subsection 23DY(3):
 (i) at the end of 60 days after the application is made, a request has not been made to the applicant under subsection 23DY(4) and the Minister has not given the applicant a written notice under subsection 23DY(5); or
 (ii) a request has been made under subsection 23DY(4) and, at the end of 60 days after the request was made, the Minister has not given the applicant a written notice under subsection 23DY(5); or
 (c) in the case of an application under subsection 23DYA(3):
 (i) at the end of 60 days after the application is made, a request has not been made to the applicant under subsection 23DYA(4) and the Minister has not given the applicant a written notice under subsection 23DYA(5); or
 (ii) a request has been made under subsection 23DYA(4) and, at the end of 60 days after the request was made, the Minister has not given the applicant a written notice under subsection 23DYA(5);
the Minister is taken, for the purposes of section 23DZD, to have refused the application on the last of the 60 days.