Trust and Loan Companies Act

Marginal note:Notice of decision to applicant

• 391 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and 392(1), the Minister shall, within a period of thirty days after the certified date referred to in subsection 390(1), send to the applicant

  • (a) a notice approving the transaction to which the application relates; or

  • (b) where the Minister is not satisfied that the transaction to which the application relates should be approved, a notice to that effect, advising the applicant of the right to make representations to the Minister in respect of the matter.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (2) Subject to subsections (4) and 392(2), where an application filed under subsection 387(1) involves the acquisition of control of a company, the Minister shall, within a period of forty-five days after the certified date referred to in subsection 390(1), send to the applicant

  • (a) a notice approving the transaction to which the application relates; or

  • (b) where the Minister is not satisfied that the transaction to which the application relates should be approved, a notice to that effect, advising the applicant of the right to make representations to the Minister in respect of the matter.

• Marginal note:Extension of period for notice

  (3) Where the Minister is unable to complete the consideration of an application within the period referred to in subsection (1), the Minister shall,

  • (a) within that period, send a notice to that effect to the applicant; and

  • (b) within a further period of thirty days after the date of the sending of the notice referred to in paragraph (a) or within such other further period as may be agreed on by the applicant and the Minister, send a notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) to the applicant.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (4) Where the Minister considers it appropriate to do so, the Minister may extend the period referred to in subsection (2) for one or more periods of forty-five days.