PART 2 Requests for Assistance

9 Requests for recovery or for the taking of precautionary measures – initial procedure following receipt of the request
1 The Commissioners shall, not later than seven days after the date of receipt of a request for recovery or for the taking of precautionary measures—
(a) acknowledge receipt of the request in writing to the applicant authority;
(b) make a request in writing to the applicant authority to complete the request if it does not contain all the information required under article 10(3) of the Decision.
2 The Commissioners shall be under no obligation to execute a request for recovery or a request for the taking of precautionary measures until the applicant authority has complied, so far as it is able, with any request made of it under sub-paragraph (1)(b).
3 As soon as any relevant information relating to the matter which gave rise to the request comes to the knowledge of the applicant authority, it shall forward it to the Commissioners.
4 Subject to the following provisions of this regulation (and regulation 10), upon receipt of a completed request made in accordance with regulation 8, the Commissioners shall proceed to take the precautionary measures or, as the case may be, recovery action, so requested, in accordance with the laws, regulations and administrative provisions applying to corresponding UK claims.
5 For the purposes of paragraph (4), the claim in respect of which a request has been made shall be treated as a corresponding UK claim.
6 The Commissioners shall inform the applicant authority immediately of the action that they have taken on any request for recovery or for the taking of precautionary measures.