Commission may request further information, documents and fees
5.—(1)  The Commission may, at any time after receiving Form 1, give notice to the applicant —
(a)requiring the applicant to submit the information in Form 2 to the Commission; and
(b)specifying such time limit as the Commission considers appropriate for Form 2 to be submitted to the Commission.
(2)  Where the Commission finds that the information submitted in Form 1 or Form 2, as the case may be, is incomplete, it may give notice in writing to the applicant specifying —
(a)what information is outstanding; and
(b)such time limit as the Commission considers appropriate for the outstanding information to be submitted to the Commission.
(3)  Where an applicant submits outstanding information to the Commission under paragraph (2), the application shall, notwithstanding regulation 4(3), be deemed to be made (and notification for the purpose of section 43, 44, 50 or 51 of the Act, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be given) on the date on which the Commission receives the outstanding information.
(4)  If the Commission does not receive —
(a)Form 2 by the date of expiry of the time limit referred to in paragraph (1) (b) or of such further period, if any, as it considers appropriate; or
(b)the outstanding information referred to in paragraph (2) (a) by the date of expiry of the time limit referred to in paragraph (2) (b) or of such further period, if any, as it considers appropriate,
the Commission shall return to the applicant the information submitted as Form 1 and, where applicable, Form 2, whereupon the application shall be deemed not to have been made (and notification for the purpose of section 43, 44, 50 or 51 of the Act, as the case may be, shall be deemed not to have been given).
(5)  Where, for the purpose of any application, the Commission requires any additional information that does not form part of Form 1 or, where applicable, Form 2, it may give notice in writing to the applicant specifying —
(a)the information which it requires; and
(b)such time limit as the Commission considers appropriate for the information to be submitted to the Commission.
(6)  If the Commission does not receive the information referred to in paragraph (5) (a) by the date of expiry of the time limit referred to in paragraph (5) (b) or of such further period, if any, as it considers appropriate, the Commission may determine the application by not giving guidance or a decision, as the case may be, whereupon the Commission shall return to the applicant the information submitted as Form 1 and, where applicable, Form 2.
(7)  Supporting documents submitted as part of Form 1 and, where applicable, Form 2, shall be either originals or true copies, and the applicant shall certify that each copy submitted is a true copy of the original.
(8)  Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Commission may refuse to accept an application submitted to it if —
(a)it is incomplete or not accompanied by the relevant supporting documents;
(b)it is not substantially in the prescribed form; or
(c)it does not comply with any requirement under the Act or these Regulations,
whereupon the application shall be deemed as not having been made (and notification for the purpose of section 43, 44, 50 or 51 of the Act, as the case may be, shall be deemed not to have been given).
(9)  Notwithstanding that an application may have been accepted by the Commission, the application shall be deemed as not having been made if the cheque or authorisation for payment of the appropriate initial fee under regulation 4(1) is subsequently dishonoured.
(10)  The Commission may, if it thinks fit, within 2 months from the filing of Form 2 by an applicant, give notice in writing to the applicant —
(a)requiring the applicant to pay the appropriate further fee; and
(b)specifying the time limit as the Commission considers appropriate for such further fee to be paid to the Commission.
(11)  If —
(a)the Commission does not receive the appropriate further fee, within the time limit specified in paragraph (10)(b) or within such further period, if any, as the Commission considers appropriate; or
(b)the cheque or authorisation for payment of such further fee is subsequently dishonoured,
the Commission may determine the application by not giving guidance or a decision, as the case may be, whereupon the Commission shall return to the applicant the information submitted as Form 1 and Form 2.