Clause 5

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(2A) The Registrar may, for the purposes of deciding whether to appoint an assessor to determine an application, request the applicant to provide further information within the time specified by the Registrar.(2B) The Registrar may reject an application if —

the application is incomplete or otherwise not made in accordance with subsection (1);

the application is not made within the period prescribed by regulations under section 19 for this purpose;

the applicant fails to satisfy the Registrar that subsection (2) is complied with;

the applicant fails to comply with the Registrar’s request under subsection (2A);

any part of the application is inconsistent with any information contained in the notification for relief served by the applicant under section 9(1), if applicable;

the Registrar reasonably suspects that any information provided by the applicant to the Registrar is false or misleading in a material particular; or

it appears to the Registrar, from the application or any information provided by the applicant under subsection (2A), that —

the contract in question is not a scheduled contract;

the contract in question is a contract described in section 4(1)(a) or (b);

the obligation or right in the contract in question is to be performed or exercised before 1 February 2020; or

the application is frivolous or an abuse of process.”; and

by deleting the words “If the Registrar is satisfied that the application is made and served in accordance with subsections (1) and (2),” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “Unless the Registrar rejects an application under subsection (2B),”.