Disaster Management Act · s 43

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s 43Deciding application

(1)

The Council shall consider and decide an accepted application within 3 months after it receives —

(a)

the application; or

(b)

any required information to decide the application, whichever is the later.

(2)

If the Council has not considered and decided an accepted application within the period mentioned in subsection (1), it is deemed to have refused to pay compensation.

(3)

In this section —

“accepted application” means an application made under section 41(2) or an application accepted by the Council under section 41(5).