(1) If the Authority accepts an application, the Authority must also give public notice of the matters mentioned in subsection ( 2).
(a) state that the Authority has received an application for the development of a food regulatory measure or the variation of a food regulatory measure, as the case requires; and
(b) state the date on which the application was received by the Authority; and
(c) state the name of the applicant; and
(d) give a summary of the application; and
(e) state that the Authority has accepted the application; and
(f) identify the procedure that the Authority will adopt in considering the application; and
(g) indicate when the Authority proposes to undertake the key steps in that procedure; and
(h) state how to obtain further information about the application.
Period within which notice must be given
(a) if the applicant pays a charge, or the first instalment of a charge, mentioned in subparagraph 27(c)(i) within the period mentioned in that paragraph--within 5 business days after that payment; or
(b) if the applicant pays a charge, or the first instalment of a charge, mentioned in paragraph 27(d) within 20 business days after notice is given to the applicant under section 27 (the early payment period )--within 5 business days after that payment; or
(c) in any other case--within 25 business days after notice is given to the applicant under section 27.
Exclusive capturable commercial benefit--fee not paid
(a) who applies for the development or variation of a standard; and
(b) on whom an exclusive capturable commercial benefit would be conferred if the standard were made or varied in the manner sought in the application;
does not pay the charge, or the first instalment of the charge, mentioned in subparagraph 27(c)(i) within the period mentioned in that subparagraph:
(c) the Authority must reject the application; and
(d) the Authority need not give notice under this section.
Fee to expedite consideration paid after early payment period
(5) If an applicant pays a charge, or the first instalment of a
charge, mentioned in paragraph 27(d) after the end of the early payment
period, the Authority must, within 5 business days after that payment, again
give public notice of the matters mentioned in subsection ( 2),
including an update on when the Authority now proposes to undertake the key
steps in the procedure.