# Merchant Shipping(Liner Conferences) Act 1982, Paragraph 4


An application for admission or readmission to membership shall be promptly decided upon and the decision communicated by a conference to an applicant promptly, and in no case later than six months from the date of application. When a shipping line is refused admission or readmission the conference shall, at the same time, give in writing the grounds for such refusal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/37/schedule/part/ONE/chapter/II/crossheading/article-1-membership/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shippingliner-conferences-act-1982/schedule/part-ONE/chapter-II/crossheading-article-1-membership/paragraph-4
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