UNCST shall, immediately after receiving an application for AGR, register the said application and
within 14 days acknowledge receipt thereof. Within sixty days of receipt of an application or, when
further information is requested of the applicant, within sixty days of receipt of that further
information, UNCST shall either:
(a) approve; or
(b) approve subject to conditions; or
(c) refuse, the application and inform the applicant accordingly
UNCST shall issue an Access Permit for any approved application.
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