8AConsideration of application

8A Consideration of application S. 8A(1) amended by No. 93/2001 s. 12(1). (1) In considering an application for registration or endorsement, the Authority may— (a) conduct any inquiries it thinks fit; (b) require an applicant to provide any further information that the Authority thinks fit in the manner required by the Authority; (c) seek advice and information on the application from any other person or body as it thinks fit. (2) The Authority may engage or appoint any person to assist it in considering an application. S. 8A(3) substituted by No. 93/2001 s. 12(2). (3) The Authority may refuse— (a) to register an applicant; or (b) to endorse a registration— if the applicant for registration or endorsement, as the case may be, does not provide the further information required within a reasonable time of the requirement being made. S. 8A(4) substituted by No. 93/2001 s. 12(2). (4) The Authority is not required to conduct a hearing to determine whether— (a) to register an applicant or refuse to register an applicant; or (b) to endorse a registration or refuse to endorse a registration. S. 8B inserted by No. 93/2001 s. 13.