Fisheries and Aquaculture Structures (Grants) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Approval of applications

5.—(1) Subject to the Community legislation the Department may—

(a) refuse to approve an application for the purpose of the receipt of financial assistance; or

(b) approve it in whole or in part and either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as it may determine.

(2) The Department may, from time to time vary an approval by amending any conditions to which it has been made subject or by adding conditions.

(3) The Department shall—

(a) notify applicants in writing of the result of their applications;

(b) notify beneficiaries of any conditions to which an approval has been made subject or which have been varied pursuant to this regulation.

(4) Where the Department notifies an applicant that it has refused to approve an application or a beneficiary that it has granted an approval subject to conditions, or has varied the terms of an existing approval, it shall give such applicant or beneficiary—

(a) written reasons for its decision; and

(b) an opportunity to make representations in relation thereto within such time as the Department considers reasonable and has notified to the applicant or beneficiary.

(5) Where the Department has received any representations in accordance with paragraph (4) it shall consider them and may confirm its decision or substitute a different decision and the decision so confirmed or substituted shall be final and it shall notify the applicant or beneficiary in writing accordingly.

(6) If no representations, pursuant to paragraph (4), are received within the time notified to the applicant or beneficiary under that paragraph, the original decision as notified under paragraph (3) shall remain in effect.