2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

13.   According and notifying filing date; examination; decision to grant or refuse

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    (1)   The Registrar shall examine whether the application fulfils the requirements set out in section 8 (1), (2) and (3).

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    (2)   Where the Registrar finds that the application did not at the time of receipt fulfil the requirements referred to in sub-regulation (1), he or she shall invite the applicant to file the required correction.

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    (3)   The invitation to file any correction shall be in writing and it shall specify the correction or corrections required and request that these be filed within 2 months from the date of the invitation, together with the payment of the prescribed fee.

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    (4)   Once the Registrar accords a filing date, he or she shall so notify the applicant in writing and if the application is treated as if it had not been filed, under section 8 (8) or (10), the Registrar shall notify the applicant in writing, stating the reasons.

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    (5)   Where the conditions set out in section 3(2) and (3) are not fulfilled, the Registrar shall reject the application and notify the applicant in writing, stating the reasons.

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    (6)   Where the Registrar finds the conditions set out in section 8 (2) and (3) and the Regulations pertaining thereto are not fulfilled, he or she shall invite the applicant, in writing, to file the required correction within 2 months from the date of the invitation, together with the payment of the prescribed fee and if the applicant does not comply with the invitation to correct a deficiency, or where, despite corrections submitted by the applicant, the Registrar is of the opinion that the said conditions are not fulfilled, he or she shall reject the application and notify the applicant, in writing, stating the reasons.

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    (7)   Refusal of the application shall not affect its filing date which shall remain valid.

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    (8)   The Registrar shall notify the applicant, in writing, of his or her decision to grant or refuse the application, and, in the case of a decision to grant the application, he or she shall request the applicant to pay the registration and publication fee within one month from the date of the notification.