27Secretary may seek further information

27 Secretary may seek further information

(1) If the Secretary, on examination of an application, considers that he or she needs further information before being able to make a decision under subsection 26(1), the Secretary may, by notice in writing given to the applicant, require the applicant to provide the information to the Secretary within a period specified in the notice. (2) If the applicant fails or refuses, within the period specified, either to provide the further information or a reasonable explanation as to why it cannot be so provided, the applicant is taken, at the end of that period, to have withdrawn the application.