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Version of section 203 from 2019-10-30 to 2022-10-02:


Marginal note:Application deemed abandoned

 For the purposes of subsection 73(2) of the Act, a category 3 application is deemed to be abandoned if

  • (a) a notice is sent under section 31 and the requirements are not complied with within the applicable time referred to in that section;

  • (b) the applicant does not reply in good faith to a request of the Commissioner for further drawings under subsection 27(5.2) of the Act not later than three months after the date of the request;

  • (c) the applicant does not reply in good faith to a notice of the Commissioner referred to in section 65 within the time referred to in that section; or

  • (d) the applicant does not pay the final fee set out in item 13 of Schedule 2 within the applicable time referred to in subsection 86(1), (6), (10) or (12) or 199(2) or (5).


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