511Authority to notify applicant of deferral

511 Authority to notify applicant of deferral

(1) The Authority may defer registration of a plant design if—

(a) the Authority considers that the information provided with the application for registration is inadequate to comply with this Division or regulation 532; or

(b) the applicant has not paid the required fee.

(2) The Authority must give the applicant written notice of a deferral under subregulation (1)—

(a) stating the Authority's reasons for deferring registration; and

(b) specifying what further information is required.

(3) The Authority must treat any information and fee provided in response to any notice given under this regulation as if it were provided with the application for registration.

(4) If the Authority does not notify the applicant of the registration or its deferral within 30 days after receiving the application, the plant design is taken to have been registered under this Part.

Notice of the registration under subregulation (4) will be given under regulation 512.