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Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013
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(1) A person who has been provided with a proposed conditional registration notice may apply (once only) for an extension of the period of 20 working days within which the person, as specified in that notice, may request the reconsideration of the determination to make the registration subject to any particular condition, or all conditions, specified in that notice.
(2) An application under subsection (1) –
(a) is to be in writing; and
(b) [Section 37 Subsection (2) amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 21, Applied:27 Nov 2015] is to be made before the expiration of the period of 20 working days referred to in that subsection.
(3) On receipt of an application under subsection (1) , the Registrar may –
(a) extend the period of 20 working days referred to in that subsection (once only) for such longer period as the Registrar considers appropriate if satisfied on reasonable grounds that it is appropriate in the circumstances to extend that period; or
(b) refuse to so extend that period of 20 working days.
(4) The Registrar is to notify the applicant, in writing, of the Registrar's determination under subsection (3) and –
(a) if the Registrar extends the period, is to specify the extended period in the notice; or
(b) if the Registrar refuses to extend the period, is to specify the reasons for the refusal in the notice.