(1) An application to the OFT under this Act is of no effect unless the requirements of this section are satisfied.
(2) The application must be in writing, and in such form, and accompanied by such information and documents, as the OFT may specify or describe in a general notice.
(2A) The application must also be accompanied -
(a) in the case of an application for a licence or for the renewal of a licence, by the charge payable by virtue of section 6A;
(b) in any other case, by the specified fee.
(3) Where the OFT receives an application, it may by notice to the applicant at any time before the determination of the application require him to provide such information or documents relevant to the application as may be specified or described in the notice.
(4) The OFT may by notice require the applicant to publish details of his application at a time or times and in a manner specified in the notice.
(5) Subsection (6) applies where a general notice under subsection (2) comes into eff