(1) The Council may give a person a written notice requesting the person give to the Council, within a specified period, information of a kind specified in the notice that the Council considers may be relevant to deciding what recommendation to make on an application under section 44LB.
(2) The Council must:
(a) give a copy of the notice to:
(i) if the person is not the applicant--the applicant; and
(ii) if the person is not the provider, or the person who expects to be the provider--that person; and
(b) publish, by electronic or other means, the notice.
(3) In deciding what recommendation to make on the application, the Council:
(a) must have regard to any information given in compliance with a notice under subsection (1) within the specified period; and
(b) may disregard any information of the kind specified in the notice that is given after the specified period has ended.