(1) A permit authority
to which an application is made may require the applicant to give the permit
authority, within a specified time of not more than 21 days, any document or
information that it requires to determine the application and may require the
applicant to verify the information by statutory declaration.
(2) The permit
authority may refuse to consider an application if the applicant does not
comply with a requirement under subsection (1) within the specified time.
(3) A requirement
under subsection (1) must be given in the prescribed manner.
(4) The regulations
may provide for how many separate requirements under subsection (1) may be
made in relation to an application.
(5) A requirement
under subsection (1) may be in respect of a document or information required
by the building surveyor to whom the permit authority has referred an
uncertified application.
[Section 18 amended: No. 37 of 2012 s. 31.]