Regulation 34 Suspension of licence applicationsI1

The Secretary of State may publish a notice suspending applications for import licences for any quota specified in the notice, if the available quantity specified in a notice published under regulation 22(1) has been allocated by the grant of previous licences.

The notice must specify the period for which licence applications are suspended.

The Secretary of State is not required to consider an application for an import licence in respect of a quota if a relevant notice has been published under paragraph (1) to the extent it relates to the period specified under paragraph (2).

If unused quota volume becomes available before the end of a quota period within which applications were suspended, the Secretary of State must publish a notice cancelling the notice published under paragraph (1).