Applications: fees
9.—(1)  No person shall make an application under regulation 6(1) unless —
(a)in the case of an application under section 43, 44, 50 or 51 of the Act, it is accompanied by the appropriate initial fee; or
(b)in the case of an application under section 57 or 58 of the Act, it is accompanied by the appropriate merger fee.
(2)  Notwithstanding that an application may have been accepted by the Commission, the application shall be deemed not to have been made, and the notification for the purpose of section 43, 44, 50, 51, 57 or 58 of the Act, as the case may be, shall be deemed not to have been given, if the cheque or authorisation for payment of the appropriate initial fee or appropriate merger fee, as the case may be, is subsequently dishonoured.
(3)  The Commission may, if it thinks fit, within 2 months from the date of filing of Form 2 by an applicant, give notice 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.
(4)  If —
(a)the Commission does not receive the appropriate further fee within the time limit specified in paragraph (3)(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.