Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 6 to amendment No. 15:

In paragraph (c) (iii), in the proposed new subsection (10), after "withdrawn" to insert, ": provided that if such reasonable excuse is subsequently furnished the Commissioner may deem the application to have been revived".

Given that the Minister has not accepted the amendment to allow for a one month period of notice, it would be reasonable to allow the applicant to give an excuse after the date concerned. It is not to make this the norm but, rather, to allow for exceptional circumstances. I do not have any problem with trying to improve procedures, to speed them up and make them more efficient but one has to have a certain amount of latitude.