Renewal of registration.

1. (1) An application for renewal of certificate of registration shall be made

in duplicate in Form A, to the Appropriate Authority

thirty days before the date of expiry of the certificate of registration. Acknowledgement of receipt of such-

application shall be issued by the Appropriate Autho

rity in the manner specified in sub-rule (2) of rule 4,

1. (2) The Appropriate Authority shall, after holding an enquiry and after satisfying itself that the applicant

has complied with all the requirements of the Act and

these rules and having regard to the advice of the Advisory Committee in this behalf, renew the certi- ficate of registration, as specified iu Form B, for a further period of five years from the drate of expiry of the certificate of registration earlier granted.

1. (3) If, after enquiry and after giving an oppor- tunity of being heard to the applicant and having regard to the advice of the Advisory Committee, the Appropriate Authority is satisfied that the applicant has not-complied with the requirements of the Act

and these rules, it shall, for reasons to be recorded in

writing, reject the application for renewal of certi- ficate of registration and communicate such rejec- tion to the applicant as specified in Form C.

1. (4) The fees payable for renewal of certificate registration shall be one half of the fees provided in sub-rule (1) of rule .1
2. (5) On receipt of the renewed certificate of regis- tration in duplicate or on receipt of communication of rejection of application for renewal, both copies of the earlier certificate of registration shall be sur- rendered immediately to tho Approripate Authority by the Genetic Counselling Centre, Genetic Labora- tory or Genetic Clinic.
3. (6) In the evsnt of failure of the Appropriate

Authority to renew the certificate of registration or to

communicate rejection of application for renewal of registration within a period ofn'netydays from the date of rcce'pt of application for renewal of regis-

tration, the certificate of registration shall be deemed

to have been ronewed.