PART 4Financial redress: redress payments
CHAPTER 1Determination of applications for redress payments
Applications
I132Pausing of application
1
An application for a redress payment may, at the request of the applicant—
a
be paused, or
b
having been paused, be resumed,
at any time prior to a determination being made under section 36.
2
A request under subsection (1) must be made in writing to the Scottish Ministers.
3
The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a request under subsection (1), inform Redress Scotland of it.
4
Where Redress Scotland is informed of a request that an application be paused, Redress Scotland must pause any further determination of the application to which the request relates until such time as Redress Scotland is informed that—
a
the applicant has requested that determination of the application be resumed, or
b
the application has been withdrawn under section 33.
5
Where an application is paused under this section, it is to be treated as having been withdrawn on the final day of the application period unless the applicant, on or before that day, either requests that the application be resumed or requests that it be withdrawn.