(1) An application for registration of a qualifying social entrepreneurship fund under Article 15a of the EuSEF Regulation, or of a qualifying venture capital fund under Article 14a of the EuVECA Regulation, must -
(a) be made in such a manner as the FCA may direct; and
(b) contain or be accompanied by such information as the FCA may reasonably require for the purpose of determining the application.
(2) At any time after receiving an application and before determining it, the FCA may require the applicant to provide it with such further information as it considers necessary to enable it to determine the application.
(3) Different directions may be given, and different requirements imposed, in relation to different applications or categories of applications.
(4) The FCA may require an applicant to provide information which it is required to give under paragraph (1)(b) or paragraph (2) of this regulation in such form, or to verify it in such manner, as the FCA may specify.