Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Joint Authority must make a decision under section 185 or 186, in relation to an application under section 184, within the period that:
(a) begins when the application was made; and
(b) runs for:
(i) if a written agreement between the applicant and the Joint Authority in relation to the application specifies a number of days for the purposes of this subparagraph--that number of days; or
(ii) if no such agreement is in force--the prescribed number of days.
(2) The Joint Authority is not required to comply with subsection (1) unless a number of days is prescribed for the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii).
(3) The applicant and the Joint Authority may vary or terminate an agreement referred to in subparagraph (1)(b)(i).
(4) A failure to comply with subsection (1) in relation to a decision does not affect the validity of the decision.
Note: See also sections 286B and 286C.