PART 3FREEDOM OF ESTABLISHMENT
CHAPTER 4COMMON PROVISIONS ON ESTABLISHMENT
Decisions of competent authorities34
1
The competent authority shall acknowledge receipt of an applicant’s application to establish himself in the United Kingdom pursuant to Part 3 of these Regulations within one month of receipt, and shall inform the applicant if any document is missing.
2
The competent authority shall consider the applicant’s application as soon as is reasonably practicable, and shall notify him of its decision together with the reasons upon which it is based—
a
within four months, for applications under Chapter 1 of this Part, or
b
within three months, for applications under Chapter 2 of this Part
of receipt of all the relevant documentation.
3
For the purposes of this regulation, if a competent authority fails to take a decision and notify it to the applicant within the period mentioned in paragraph (2), it shall be deemed to have taken a decision to reject his application and to have notified it to him on the last day of that period.