(1) An application for authorisation to provide a data reporting service must be made to the FCA.

(2) An application made under paragraph (1) must be -

(a) made in such manner as the FCA may direct; and

(b) contain, or be accompanied by, all the information required to demonstrate, in respect of the data reporting service the applicant wishes to provide, that the applicant meets the conditions for authorisation to provide a data reporting service under regulation 8.

(3) 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 reasonably considers necessary to enable it to determine the application.

(4) The FCA may give different directions, and may impose different requirements, in relation to different applications or categories of application.