Section 16 — Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024: Decision is taken to be made if timeframe expires

If: (a) a decision of a person not to do a thing is a reviewable decision; and (b) an Act or an instrument made under an Act provides for a quantified period within which the person is required or permitted to do the thing; and (c) the person does not do the thing within the period; the person is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Act or instrument that provides for an application to be made to the Tribunal for review of the decision, to have made a decision at the end of the period not to do the thing. Note: If there is no quantified period within which the person is required or permitted to do the thing, see section 10 of the Ombudsman Act 1976.