| (1) | When the executive officer or an assignee, as the case may be, considers any application or request made in terms of this Act, such officer or assignee, as the case may be, may make any investigation or inquiry in connection therewith which may be deemed necessary, and for the purposes of such investigation or inquiry demand that the relevant documents, information or samples be submitted to the executive officer or the assignee, as the case may be. |
| (2) | The executive officer or an assignee, as the case may be. may, on good cause shown, extend any prescribed period, either before or after the expiry thereof. |
| (3) | An approval, authorization or consent given or granted in terms of this Act may, unless expressly provided otherwise— |
| (a) | be made subject to such conditions as the executive officer or an assignee, as the case may be, may in each case determine; and |
| (b) | be amended or withdrawn by the executive officer or an assignee, as the case may be. |
| (4) | If the executive officer or an assignee, as the case may be, by virtue of a power vested in him or her or the assignee by or under this Act— |
| (a) | refuses to approve an application or a request which was submitted in writing; or |
| (b) | amends or withdraws an approval, authorization or consent in terms of subsection (3)(b), |
the executive officer or assignee, as the case may be, shall notify the person concerned in writing of his or her decision and of the grounds on which it is based.
