| (1) | The executive officer may consider any application or request made in terms of this Act or a scheme, and may make any investigation or inquiry in connection therewith which he may deem necessary, and may for the purposes of such investigation or inquiry demand that such documents or information as he may determine, be submitted to him. |
| (2) | Whenever by or in terms of this Act or a scheme any period is specified within which any act is to be performed or anything is to be done, the executive officer may, save where it is provided otherwise, extend the period, either before or after its expiry. |
| (3) | An approval, authorization or a consent by the executive officer in terms of this Act or a scheme may— |
| (a) | be made subject to such conditions as the executive officer may in each case determine; and |
| (b) | be amended or withdrawn by the executive officer in any particular case if he deems it expedient. |
| (4) | If the executive officer, by virtue of a power vested in him by or under this Act or a scheme— |
| (a) | refuses to approve an application or a request which has been submitted to him in writing; or |
| (b) | amends or withdraws an approval, authorization or a consent in terms of subsection (3)(b), |
he shall notify the applicant concerned in writing of his decision and of the grounds on which it is based.
| (5) | Any person who refuses or fails to comply with the conditions on which any approval, authorization or consent has been granted in terms of this Act or a scheme shall be guilty of an offence. |
