Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023
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Chief Deciding Officer may request information by affidavit | ||
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23. (1) The Chief Deciding Officer may, for the purposes of his or her examination of an application, request the applicant concerned to provide, within such reasonable period as the Chief Deciding Officer may specify, information by affidavit where the Chief Deciding Officer is of the opinion that— | ||
(a) the information referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 21 (6) available to him or her is incomplete or otherwise insufficient for the purposes of his or her examination of the application, or | ||
(b) the information provided by the applicant for the purposes of his or her application that is relevant to the examination of the application is inconsistent with information referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 21 (6). | ||
(2) The Chief Deciding Officer shall make a request under subsection (1) only where he or she considers that it is necessary to do so for the purposes of the examination of the application. |