18.—(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where a person applies for registration in respect of an establishment or agency.
(2) If the Regulation and Improvement Authority proposes to grant the application subject to any conditions which have not been agreed in writing between it and the applicant, it shall give the applicant written notice of its proposal and of the conditions subject to which it proposes to grant his application.
(3) The Regulation and Improvement Authority shall give the applicant notice of a proposal to refuse the application.
(4) Except where it makes an application under Article 21, the Regulation and Improvement Authority shall give any person registered in respect of an establishment or agency notice of a proposal—
(a)to cancel the registration (otherwise than in accordance with an application under Article 16(1)(b));
(b)to vary or remove (otherwise than in accordance with an application under Article 16(1)(a)) any condition for the time being in force in relation to the registration; or
(c)to impose any additional condition in relation to the registration.
(5) The Regulation and Improvement Authority shall give the applicant notice of a proposal to refuse an application under Article 16(1)(a).
(6) A notice under this Article shall give the Regulation and Improvement Authority’s reasons for its proposal.