68Regulator may require further information

68 Regulator may require further information

(1) If, at any time while considering the application, the Regulator is not satisfied that the application or the plan contains sufficient information for the Regulator to grant the application, the Regulator may, by written notice, require the licence holder to give further information. (2) The notice must: (a) specify the information required; and (b) specify the day on or before which the information must be given; and (c) specify the manner in which the information must be given.

Note: If the licence holder does not comply with the notice on or before the day specified for the purposes of paragraph (b), the Regulator may refuse to grant the application (see section 74).

Time limit for complying with notice (3) The day specified for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) must be reasonable. (4) The licence holder may, in writing, ask the Regulator to vary the day specified for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) to a later day. (5) If the licence holder makes a request under subsection (4), the Regulator may, by written notice to the licence holder: (a) grant the request and vary the day specified for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) to a later day; or (b) refuse the request. Further information becomes part of plan (6) If the licence holder gives information to the Regulator in accordance with the notice: (a) the information becomes part of the plan as if it had been included in the plan when the application was given to the Regulator; and (b) the Regulator must have regard to the information as if it had been so included. Regulator may give multiple notices (7) To avoid doubt, the Regulator: (a) may give more than one notice under this section; and (b) may give further notices if the Regulator is not satisfied with the information provided in response to a notice.