S.L. 499.58 Art. 6Investigations and inspections.

(1) When an application has been made in accordance with these regulations, the Authority shall make such investigations and carry out such inspections as are reasonably required to ensure conformity with these regulations, and the Authority shall inform the applicant by notice in writing by not later than fifteen days from receipt of all the relevant documents of the Authority’s decision on the application and, where it intends to refuse the application, it shall give the reasons therefor: Provided that where circumstances necessitate an extension for consideration of an application, such period may be extended once by the Authority for a period not exceeding fifteen days and the applicant shall be notified of the extension, its duration and the reasons therefor.

(2) Where the Authority has not taken a decision within the prescribed or extended period referred to in this regulation the application shall be deemed to have been decided in favour of the applicant.