Regulation 18 Refusal of an application

(1)

This regulation applies where the Secretary of State intends to refuse an application made under regulation 11, 13, 15 or 17.

(2)

The Secretary of State must notify the applicant—

(a)

of the intention to refuse the application and the reasons for that intended decision;

(b)

that the applicant may make written representations to the Secretary of State, and of the period within which they must be made (“the representations period”).

(3)

If, after the expiry of the representations period and consideration of any representations, the Secretary of State refuses the application, the Secretary of State must notify that refusal and the reasons for it to—

(a)

except in respect of an application made under regulation 15 or 17, the green deal accreditation body; and

(b)

the applicant.