21Secretary may request further information

21 Secretary may request further information

(1) If: (a) a person makes an application under subsection 20(3); and (b) the Secretary needs further information to make a decision on the application; the Secretary may, by written notice, request the person to give further information to the Secretary within a specified period. (2) The specified period must not be shorter than 28 days after the notice is given. (3) The Secretary may, at the person’s request, extend the specified period. The request must be made in writing and before that period ends. (4) If the person does not give the requested further information within: (a) in a case in which the specified period has been extended under subsection (3)—the period as so extended; or (b) otherwise—the specified period; the application is taken to be withdrawn at the end of the period. (5) A notice given under subsection (1) must set out the effect of subsection (4).