Invitation to give further information or comments
58 Invitation to give further information or comments
If a person is:
invited under section 56 to give additional information; or
invited under section 57 to comment on information;
the invitation is to specify whether the additional information or the comments may be given:
in writing; or
at an interview between the applicant and an officer; or
by telephone.
Subject to subsection (4), if the invitation is to give additional information or comments otherwise than at an interview, the information or comments are to be given within a period specified in the invitation, being a prescribed period or, if no period is prescribed, a reasonable period.
Subject to subsection (5), if the invitation is to give information or comments at an interview, the interview is to take place:
at a place specified in the invitation, being a prescribed place or if no place is prescribed, a reasonable place; and
at a time specified in the invitation, being a time within a prescribed period or, if no period is prescribed, a reasonable period.
If a person is to respond to an invitation within a prescribed period, that period may be extended by the Minister for a prescribed further period, and then the response is to be made in the extended period.
If a person is to respond to an invitation at an interview at a time within a prescribed period, that time may be changed by the Minister to:
a later time within that period; or
a time within that period as extended by the Minister for a prescribed further period;
and then the response is to be made at an interview at the new time.
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