Section 58 — Invitation to give further information or comments

58 Invitation to give further information or comments

(1) If a person is:

(a) invited under section 56 to give additional information; or

(b) invited under section 57 to comment on information;

the invitation is to specify whether the additional information or the comments may be given:

(c) in writing; or

(d) at an interview between the applicant and an officer; or

(e) by telephone.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), if the invitation is to give additional information or comments otherwise than at an interview, the information or comments are to be given within a period specified in the invitation, being a prescribed period or, if no period is prescribed, a reasonable period.

(3) Subject to subsection (5), if the invitation is to give information or comments at an interview, the interview is to take place:

(a) at a place specified in the invitation, being a prescribed place or if no place is prescribed, a reasonable place; and

(b) at a time specified in the invitation, being a time within a prescribed period or, if no period is prescribed, a reasonable period.

(4) If a person is to respond to an invitation within a prescribed period, that period may be extended by the Minister for a prescribed further period, and then the response is to be made in the extended period.

(5) If a person is to respond to an invitation at an interview at a time within a prescribed period, that time may be changed by the Minister to:

(a) a later time within that period; or

(b) a time within that period as extended by the Minister for a prescribed further period;

and then the response is to be made at an interview at the new time.