8.—(1) An application for the approval of expenditure in connection with an operation must be made in the form and at the time that the National Assembly requires.
(2) An application shall contain such other information as the National Assembly may require.
(3) The National Assembly may refuse to approve expenditure in connection with an operation, or approve it in whole or in part, but, in any event, it may not approve it unless it is satisfied that it is eligible for Community support and is in accordance with the relevant part of the RDPW and / or the SPD.
(4) Approval may be given subject to such conditions as the National Assembly may determine.
(5) The National Assembly may vary any such approval by varying any condition to which it is subject, or imposing conditions.
(6) Before varying an approval under paragraph (5), the National Assembly shall —
(a)give the beneficiary notice in writing that it proposes to do so with a statement of its reasons;
(b)give the beneficiary an opportunity to make written representations within such time as the National Assembly considers reasonable; and
(c)consider any such representations.
(7) An approval or variation under this Regulation shall be in writing.