(1) An applicant for
an assessment notice may withdraw the application at any time before the
assessment notice is issued to the applicant.
(2) The applicant is
taken to have withdrawn the application if —
(a) the
CEO cannot establish with certainty the applicant’s identity;
(b) the
CEO gives the applicant a written notice —
(i)
that asks the applicant to provide, within a reasonable
specified time, specified information or documents that the CEO reasonably
needs to establish the applicant’s identity; and
(ii)
that informs the applicant that, if the applicant does
not comply with the request, the applicant’s application will be taken
to have been withdrawn;
(c) the
applicant does not comply with the notice within the specified time; and
(d) the
CEO gives the applicant a written notice stating that the applicant is taken
to have withdrawn the application.
(3) If —
(a) the
applicant is a person who is, or is proposed to be, employed in child-related
employment by another person; and
(b) the
applicant withdraws the application or the CEO gives the applicant a notice
under subsection (2)(d),
the CEO is to give the
other person a written notice stating that the applicant has withdrawn, or is
taken to have withdrawn, the application, as the case requires.