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The Laws of Fiji

[PA 53] Applicants must act by deadline if deadline set by Commissioner53 

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(1) If the Commissioner has acted under section 52(2)(b), the applicant must, by the deadline (if any) set by the Commissioner, make a substantive response to the report.
(2) After each response, the Commissioner may issue a further report under section 51, and, if the Commissioner is still not satisfied as to any of the matters specified in section 51(1)(a), the Commissioner may act under section 52.
(3) If the Commissioner has issued a further report under section 51 and acted under section 52(2)(b), the applicant must, by the deadline (if any) set by the Commissioner, make a substantive response to the report.
(4) The Commissioner must set deadlines (if any) in the prescribed manner.
(5) The Commissioner may extend any deadlines in the prescribed manner.
(6) For the purposes of this section, a substantive response is a response that, in the opinion of the Commissioner—
  • (a)gives a fair and substantial answer to the report issued by the Commissioner;
  • (b)gives a fair and substantial answer to the report issued by the Commissioner and amends the application or specification to remove one or more of the grounds of objection raised by the Commissioner in the report; or
  • (c)amends the application or specification to remove all of the grounds of objection raised by the Commissioner in the report.