sch.44-sec.9Deciding applications

### sch.44-sec.9 Deciding applications This section applies to each application for a grant of financial assistance under the scheme that complies with section 8 . The authority must consider, and decide to approve or refuse to approve, the application. The authority may, with the agreement of the applicant, approve an amount of financial assistance that is less than the amount sought in the application. The authority must refuse to approve the application if the authority’s assistance funds for the scheme are not enough to pay for the amount of financial assistance applied for in the application. If the authority refuses to approve the application, the authority must give the applicant written notice of the decision. sch 44 s 9 ins 2022 SL No. 105 s 5 (sch.44-sec.9-ssec.1) This section applies to each application for a grant of financial assistance under the scheme that complies with section 8 . (sch.44-sec.9-ssec.2) The authority must consider, and decide to approve or refuse to approve, the application. (sch.44-sec.9-ssec.3) The authority may, with the agreement of the applicant, approve an amount of financial assistance that is less than the amount sought in the application. (sch.44-sec.9-ssec.4) The authority must refuse to approve the application if the authority’s assistance funds for the scheme are not enough to pay for the amount of financial assistance applied for in the application. (sch.44-sec.9-ssec.5) If the authority refuses to approve the application, the authority must give the applicant written notice of the decision.