(1) Before determining an application for renewal, the Council—
(a) may investigate the applicant;
(b) may, by notice in writing given to the applicant, require the applicant to give the Council, within reasonable time of at least 30 days as stated in the notice, further information or a document which the Council may reasonably require to determine the application for renewal; and
(c) may, if the Council is not satisfied that the applicant has satisfied any recency of practice requirements, by notice given to the applicant, state conditions under which an application may be reconsidered.
(2) The Council may require the information or document required under subsection (1)(b) to be verified by a statutory declaration.
(3) An applicant is taken to have withdrawn the application if, within the stated time, the applicant does not comply with a requirement under subsection (1)(b) or does not undergo an examination under subsection (1)(c).