12.—(1) An application for registration as a small payment institution must contain, or be accompanied by, such information as the Authority may reasonably require.
(2) An application for the variation of a registration as a small payment institution must—
(a)contain a statement of the proposed variation;
(b)contain a statement of the payment services which the applicant proposes to carry on if the registration is varied; and
(c)contain, or be accompanied by, such other information as the Authority may reasonably require.
(3) An application under paragraph (1) or (2) must be made in such manner as the Authority may direct.
(4) At any time after receiving an application and before determining it, the Authority may require the applicant to provide it with such further information as it reasonably considers necessary to enable it to determine the application.
(5) Different directions may be given, and different requirements imposed, in relation to different applications or categories of application.