Regulation 9 Consideration of applications
The justices' chief executive shall make an initial assessment of all applications received in response to the invitation, and provide applicants with an opportunity to supply any missing information and correct any other procedural defects in their applications.
The committee shall consider all properly completed applications received on or before the date specified in the invitation to tender, or within any extension of time which the committee may have allowed.
The committee shall cause a notice to be displayed in the public area of each court building for which it is responsible, stating the fact that applications have been made and the name and trading address of each applicant.
The committee shall draw up a short list of those applicants to whom it is considering granting approval, and shall direct the justices' chief executive to make further enquiries about the applicants on the short list including, but not limited to—
references to be taken up, and
visits to be made to the applicants' offices.
The justices' chief executive shall prepare a written report to the committee setting out the results of those enquiries.
The committee shall decide which if any of the applications received in response to the invitation to accept.
Before accepting an application the committee may require the applicant to provide such evidence as it sees fit of any statement made for the purposes of the application, and shall in particular require evidence of the matters set out in regulations 5(2) and 8(2)(b).