10Grant or refusal of registration

10 Grant or refusal of registration

10 Grant or refusal of registration

(1) The Secretary may, on application, grant or refuse registration.

(2) The Secretary may grant registration in a class that the Secretary considers appropriate even if the application is for a different class of registration.

(3) The Secretary may refuse registration—

(a) if the application for registration does not comply with a requirement imposed by or under this Act, or

(b) if the applicant is not a suitable person to carry out the certification work authorised by the registration, or

(c) on a ground prescribed by the regulations.

(4) The Secretary is to give the applicant written notice of a decision to grant or refuse registration.

(5) If the Secretary fails to give an applicant for registration notice of a decision to grant or refuse registration within the period prescribed by the regulations, the Secretary is taken to have refused to grant registration.