Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For each kind of special permission for which interest is expressed by more than one person, the Authority:
(a) must rank each expression of interest that satisfies all of the criteria mentioned in the EOI notice in order of merit on the basis of those criteria; and
(b) may rank by ballot any expressions of interest that are of equal merit; and
(c) must not rank any expression of interest that does not satisfy all of the criteria mentioned in the EOI notice.
Where only one expression of interest satisfies all of the criteria
(2) If only one expression of interest satisfies all of the criteria mentioned in the EOI notice, that expression of interest is the highest ranked expression of interest.
Expressions of interest that are not the highest ranked or not ranked
(3) After ranking expressions of interest, the Authority must give a written notice to a person if:
(a) the person's expression of interest for a special permission was not the highest ranked expression of interest for the permission; or
(b) the person's expression of interest was not ranked because of paragraph (1)(c).
(4) The notice must set out the reasons for the Authority's decision in relation to the expression of interest.
(5) The Authority must give the notice to the person within 20 business days after making the decision.