(1) The Authority must issue or refuse to issue a building permit number within the prescribed period after receiving the information and the building permit levy required under section 25BA(1).
(2) The Authority is taken to have refused to issue a building permit number if it has not made a decision to issue or refuse to issue a building permit number in accordance with subsection (1).
(3) In this section—
"prescribed period" means the longer of—
(a) the period prescribed by the regulations (if any); or
(b) 5 business days.
S. 25BD inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 63.