Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Authority must, within 15 business days after the 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 is so similar to a previous application or proposal for a high level health claims variation that it ought to be rejected;
(c) 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 variation of the standard is so similar to a previous application or proposal that the later application ought to be rejected.