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36.—(1) A registration officer may, for the purposes of making a determination of the nature specified in regulation 34(2), conduct a review in respect of a person entered in the register.
(2) Where the registration officer is not satisfied that the subject of the review is entitled to be registered, he must—
(a)send to that person such notice, of a kind specified in paragraph (3), as he considers appropriate; and
(b)enter the review in the list kept in pursuance of regulation 37.
[F1(2A) Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply where the subject of the review has an anonymous entry.]
(3) A notice is specified for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) if it—
(a)states that the registration officer is of the opinion that the subject of the review is not entitled to be registered and the grounds for his opinion;
(b)states the reason for the review and requires the subject of the review to provide such further information as might be specified in the notice; or
(c)states the reason for the review and that the registration officer intends to conduct a hearing of it.
(4) Where—
(a)the registration officer sends to the subject of the review a notice in the form specified in paragraph (3)(a); and
(b)that person does not, within 14 days beginning with the date of that notice, notify the registration officer that he requires the review to be heard,
the registration officer may determine without a hearing that the subject of the review was not entitled to be registered or, as the case may be, has ceased to satisfy the conditions for registration set out in section 4 of the 1983 Act.
(5) Paragraph (6) applies where—
(a)the registration officer sends to the subject of the review a notice in the form specified in paragraph (3)(b); and
(b)that person does not respond to the registration officer’s satisfaction, or at all, within 28 days beginning with the date of that notice.
(6) The registration officer may send a notice to the subject of the review which states that he is not satisfied that that person is entitled to be registered, and the grounds for his opinion.
(7) Where—
(a)the registration officer sends to the subject of the review a notice in pursuance of paragraph (6); and
(b)the subject of the review does not, within 14 days beginning with the date of that notice, notify the registration officer that he requires the review to be heard;
the registration officer may determine without a hearing that the subject of the review was not entitled to be registered or, as the case may be, has ceased to satisfy the conditions for registration set out in section 4 of the 1983 Act.
(8) In making a determination under paragraph (4) or (7), the registration officer must take into account any written representations made to him by the subject of the review and may take into account the written representations of any other person who appears to him to be interested.
(9) In this regulation and regulations 37 and 38—
“review” must be construed in accordance with paragraph (1); and
“the subject of the review” means the person in respect of whom the review is conducted.
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