{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-of-services-regulations-2009/regulation-20B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-of-services-regulations-2009/regulation-20B.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2999",
  "legislation_title": "The Provision of Services Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-of-services-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/20B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20B",
  "heading": "Authorisation procedures: status updates and other processing requirements",
  "text": "(1) A competent authority must, on request by an applicant, provide the applicant with information concerning the status of its application for authorisation without undue delay.\n(2) A competent authority must, where reasonably practicable, ensure that applications for authorisation may be submitted and processed throughout the year.\n(3) Where a competent authority requires an applicant to apply for an authorisation within a specified period, it must ensure that the period is sufficient to allow the application to be submitted before the period ends.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 20-20C substituted for reg. 20 (1.10.2026) by The Provision of Services (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/435), regs. 1(2), 9 (with reg. 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2999/regulation/20B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:01:49.899965+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}