Section 132 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Decision of regulator

132 Decision of regulator (1) The regulator must review the reviewable decision and make a decision— (a) as soon as practicable; and (b) within 14 days after the application for internal review is received. (2) However, the individual who made the reviewable decision must not review the decision. (3) The regulator’s decision may— (a) confirm or vary the reviewable decision; or (b) set aside the reviewable decision; or (c) set aside the reviewable decision and substitute another decision that the regulator considers appropriate. (4) The regulator may seek further information from the applicant, and, if it does,— (a) the period specified in subsection (1)(b) ceases to run until the applicant provides the information to the regulator; and (b) the applicant must provide the information within the period (not less than 7 days) specified by the regulator in the request for information. (5) If the applicant does not provide the further information within the required time, the regulator may make a decision on the internal review on the basis of the information held by the regulator. (6) If the reviewable decision is not varied or set aside within the period specified in subsection (1)(b), the decision is to be treated as having been confirmed by the regulator. Compare: Model Work Health and Safety Act (Aust) ss 225, 226