Applications for entry on the register or variation of an existing entry on the register
9.—(1) An application for entry on the register may be made by an individual, a body corporate, a partnership or an unincorporated association.
(2) An application for entry on the register or variation of an existing entry on the register must—
(a)be made in such manner as the FCA may direct; and
(b)contain or be accompanied by such information as the FCA may reasonably require for the purpose of determining the application.
(3) At any time after receiving an application and before determining it, the FCA may require the applicant to provide it with such further information as it considers necessary to enable it to determine the application.
(4) Different directions may be given, and different requirements imposed, in relation to different applications or categories of applications.
(5) The FCA may require an applicant to provide information which the applicant is required to give under this article in such form, or to verify it in such manner, as the FCA may specify.