New Zealand Legislation: Bills
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(1) The chief executive must make reasonable efforts to report to the Minister about a safeguard investigation within 75 working days after the date on which the Minister initiated the investigation.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply, and the chief executive must make reasonable efforts to report to the Minister within 85 working days after the date on which the Minister initiated the investigation, in the following circumstances:
(a) if the applicant seeks a provisional safeguard duty; or
(b) if a provisional safeguard duty is imposed under section 13.
(3) If the chief executive is unable to report within the time period required by subsection (1) or (2), the chief executive must give the Minister written reasons for being unable to report within the time period.
(4) The Minister must set out any written reasons given by the chief executive under subsection (3) when the Minister notifies the Minister's decision under section 18(6) the chief executive's report under section 18(4)(b).