5.—(1) An application for a service permit must be made in writing to the Department and may be made by any form of electronic communication.
(2) The application fee set out in regulation 9 is payable at the time the application is submitted to the Department and may be paid by electronic transfer.
(3) An applicant for a service permit must provide such information as set out in Schedule 4.
(4) Where the Department decides to issue a service permit it will notify the applicant in writing of that decision.
(5) Where a decision has been issued under paragraph (4) –
(a)the applicant must submit the permit fee set out in regulation 9 to the Department within 42 calendar days of the date on the written notification, and may do so by electronic transfer; and
(b)on compliance by the applicant with subparagraph (a) the Department will issue the permit.
(6) Where the Department decides to refuse an application for a service permit it shall inform the applicant in writing of its reasons.
(7) For the purposes of this regulation, “electronic communication” has the same meaning as section 4(1) of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001(1).
2001c.9 (N.I.), the definition of “electronic communication” in section 4(1) was amended by paragraph 170 of schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c.21)