(1)Where a person who is a national of an EEA State (or is treated as such for the purposes of section 15(1)(b)) applies for registration under section 15(1)(b), the registrar shall notify him of the result of his application—
(a)within three months of the date when the registrar received all documents (or any remaining documents) that he needed to determine the application; or
(b)within such longer period as is allowed by article 13 of Community Council Directive No. 78/686/EEC.
(2)The notification may be sent by post.
(3)In subsection (1)(b), “Community Council Directive No. 78/686/EEC” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 2, Part I, paragraph 1.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 21A inserted (14.4.1998) by S.I. 1998/811, reg. 21(1)