(1) If:
(a) this Act provides for a person to apply to the Secretary to make a * reviewable decision; and
(b) a period is specified under this Act for giving notice of the decision to the applicant; and
(c) the Secretary has not notified the applicant of the Secretary's decision within that period;
the Secretary is taken, for the purposes of this Act, to have made a decision to reject the application.
Note: This subsection cannot apply to decisions under Division 16 (How are allocated places transferred from one person to another?).
(2) If:
(a) this Act provides for a person to apply to the * Pricing Authority to make a * reviewable decision; and
(b) a period is specified under this Act for giving notice of the decision to the applicant; and
(c) the Pricing Authority has not notified the applicant of the Pricing Authority's decision within that period;
the Pricing Authority is taken, for the purposes of this Act, to have made a decision to reject the application.