(1) If, after considering an application for endorsement of a registration, a National Board is proposing to refuse to endorse the applicant's registration or to endorse the applicant's registration subject to a condition, the Board must give the applicant written notice of the proposal.
(2) The notice must--(a) state the reasons for the proposal; and(b) invite the applicant to make a written or verbal submission to the Board by the date stated in the notice, being not less than 30 days after the day the notice is given to the applicant, about the proposal.