(2) Any notice given as aforesaid shall include a statement

of the time within which an application for an inquiry under

section 40(7) of the Act must be made.

Time limit for applying for inquiry

9.-(1) Where notice has been given to a person in accordance

with Regulation 8, application for an inquiry under section 40(7)

of the Act shall be made

(a)

(b)

(c)

if the notice was given by the Secretary of State and

that person is in the United Kingdom (including the

Islands) at the time when the notice is given to him,

within 21 days from the giving of the notice;

if the notice was given by the Governor of a dependent

territory and that person is in that territory at

the time when the notice is given to him, within

21 days from the giving of the notice;

in any other case, within 42 days from the giving

of the notice.

(2) In the application of the provisions of paragraph (1)(b)

where a function of the Secretary of State under the Act is

exercised in relation to an associated state by a person other

than the Secretary of State by virtue of a direction given under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the West Indies Act 1967(a), t

the

reference in those provisions to the Governor shall be construed

as a reference to that person.

(a) 1967 c.4; paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 as amended by the British

Nationality Act 1981, section 52(6) and Schedule 7.

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