Even if advance notice cannot be given in any particular circumstance, there is still a fair opportunity to offer an explanation after the date has been missed. If an applicant's child got sick on the day, for example, or if there was a domestic or personal emergency, such as the applicant being admitted to hospital, he or she would have a period – three days after the event – to offer an explanation. After that, however, there must be an end to the matter. This subsection provides that end. Failure to attend for interview is a direct demonstration of the applicant's lack of co-operation with the asylum investigation process and is dealt with in a direct way by subsection (10).