Cap. 321 Art. 3AAcknowledgement of receipt of an application.

(1) The Board shall acknowledge the receipt of an application for a warrant as soon as possible and in any case not later than one month from the date of the receipt of the application.

If the applicant does not submit all the documentation, the Board shall inform the applicant accordingly.

(2) The Board shall complete the procedure for examining applications as early as possible. The Board shall give its reasoned decision within three months after the date on which the complete application is received. The Board may extend this period by one month, provided that the applicant is notified prior to the expiration of the original period established in this sub-article.

(3) In the event that the Board does not give its decision within the period established in sub-article (2), this shall not imply tacit approval of the application.

(4) The acknowledgement referred to in sub-article (1) shall specify:

(a) the time period within which the application shall be processed;

(b) the available means of redress; and

*Article 3(1) of came into force on 10th October, 1995, by virtue of Legal Notice 70 of 1995. Sub-articles (2) and (3) of the said article 3 came into force on 1st September, 1990, by virtue of Legal Notice 130 of 1990. Sub-article (4) was originally paragraph

(b) of sub-article (3) and consequently came into force on 1st September, 1990, as part of sub-article (3).