Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subsection 194N(1) must be complied with, in relation to an item included in the finalised priority assessment list for an assessment period for a Subdivision A List, by the assessment completion time specified in the finalised priority assessment list for the item, or by that time as extended under this section.
(2) The Scientific Committee may request the Minister to extend the assessment completion time (or that time as previously extended) if the Committee considers that it needs more time to make the assessment.
(3) The Minister may, in response to a request under subsection (2), extend the assessment completion time (or that time as previously extended) by such period (if any) as the Minister considers appropriate. However, the total length of all extensions of the assessment completion time must not be more than 5 years.
(4) An extension under subsection (3) must be made in writing.
(5) If the Minister grants an extension under this section, the
Minister must publish particulars of the extension in a way that the Minister
considers appropriate.