Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) A concurrence agency may, by written notice given to the applicant and without the applicant's agreement, extend its referral agency's assessment period by not more than--
(a) if a regulation under section 283(1)(a) has prescribed the referral agency's assessment period--the number of business days, being less than 20 business days, prescribed under a regulation; or
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply--20 business days.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) may be given only before the referral agency's assessment period ends.
(3) The referral agency's assessment period may be further extended, including for the purpose of providing further information to the referral agency, if the applicant, before the period ends, gives written agreement to the extension.
(4) If the referral agency's assessment period is extended for a concurrence agency, the agency must advise the assessment manager of the extension.