6.—(1) Where an application has been made, the Department may request further information or evidence from the applicant to enable that application to be determined.
(2) Any information or evidence requested by the Department in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be given within 14 days of the request for such information or evidence having been given or sent.
(3) Where the time limit specified in paragraph (2) is not complied with, the Department may determine that application, in the absence of that information or evidence.