(1) If the applicant receives a request for information from the local government, the applicant must give the local government a written response to each request for information that--
(a) gives all of the information requested; or
(b) gives part of the information requested together with a written notice asking the coordinating agency and the local government to proceed with the assessment of the master plan application; or
(c) is a written notice--
(i) stating that the applicant does not intend to supply any of the information requested; and
(ii) asking the coordinating agency and the local government to proceed with the assessment of the application.
(2) The applicant must give the local government the response within--
(a) generally--the period that ends 6 months after the day the applicant received the request for information from the local government (the usual period); or
(b) if, within the usual period, the local government and any coordinating agency agree with the applicant to extend the usual period--that extended period.
(3) The response must be accompanied by enough copies of it to allow subsections (4) and (5) to be complied with.
(4) The local government must give the coordinating agency a copy of the response within 5 business days after the day the local government receives it.
(5) The coordinating agency must give a participating agency a copy of the response within 5 business days after the day the coordinating agency receives it.
(6) To remove any doubt, it is declared that this section does not prevent the applicant from responding to a purported request for information mentioned in section 162(6).