(1)  Within 28 days after receiving the application, the Competent Authority must reconsider the decision, and confirm, revoke or vary the decision.

(2)  The Competent Authority must inform the applicant in writing of the result of the reconsideration and of the reasons for the result.

(3)  However, the Competent Authority may tell an applicant mentioned in regulation 269(3) of the result of the reconsideration and of the reasons for the result.