Paragraph 18
Where an application is forwarded to another member State pursuant to paragraph 17 the Secretary of State shall notify the applicant and the regulator and, in a case where the application has not been referred to the Secretary of State under paragraph 14—
the regulator shall not determine the application until the Secretary of State has notified it in writing that the bilateral consultations mentioned in paragraph 17 have been completed and has forwarded to it any representations duly made on the application by persons in the other member State which have been forwarded to the Secretary of State; and
the period of four months within which to give notice of determination of the application set out in paragraph 15 shall begin on the date on which the regulator receives the Secretary of State’s notification that the bilateral consultations have been completed.
In determining an application which is forwarded to another member State pursuant to paragraph 17 the regulator, or the Secretary of State if the application has been referred to him, shall take into consideration any representations duly made in the other member State which have been forwarded to the Secretary of State.