(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person ("the applicant") may make an application ("the application") to the UK regulator under this regulation for a regulatory decision set out in a paragraph of Schedule 3 specified in the third column of Table 1 in Schedule 1.

(2) An application may only be made -

(a) before IP completion day; and

(b) after an equivalence direction has been made that makes a determination set out in the paragraph of Schedule 1 to the 2019 Regulations specified in the final column of the same row of Table 1.

(3) An application under paragraph (1) must -

(a) be made in such manner as the UK regulator may direct;

(b) be accompanied by such other information as that regulator may direct.

(4) The UK regulator must confirm promptly receipt of the application to the applicant.