Regulation 53 Section 30A applications: determinationsI1

A section 30A application is to be determined^f1 by written representations.

The Secretary of State must give the regulator the opportunity to make written representations in relation to a section 30A application.

The Secretary of State may give any other person an opportunity to make written representations in relation to a section 30A application.

The Secretary of State may, by notice in writing, require the regulator to provide specified information, or provide copies of specified documents, by the date specified in the notice (that date must be no fewer than 14 relevant days after the date the notice is given).

Before determining a section 30A application, the Secretary of State may hold such meetings with the applicant, the regulator or any other person, and undertake such visits, testing or inspections, as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

The Secretary of State’s decision must be given in writing to the applicant (and where the applicant is not the client, also give a copy of the decision to the client).

A copy of the Secretary of State’s decision must be sent to the regulator.