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ATCS 9.1 Reviews

ATCS 9.1.1 R

1A designated person must carry out a review of whether a cash access assessment it has undertaken should be revised where a request is made in the circumstances set out in ATCS 9.1.2R.

ATCS 9.1.2 R

1The circumstances referred to in ATCS 9.1.1R are where a request is made to review the outcome of a cash access assessment, including one that has been updated under ATCS 8.1.1R:

  1. (1)

    by a person with sufficient interest in whether there is reasonable provision of cash access services in the local area which is the subject of the cash access assessment;

  2. (2)

    in writing;

  3. (3)

    within 28 days of the publication of information required by ATCS 6.1.1R or ATCS 6.1.5R; and

  4. (4)

    which refers to information that:

    1. (a)

      the designated person was not aware of when it undertook or (in the case of ATCS 8.1.12R) updated the cash access assessment, and which could have an impact on its outcome; or

    2. (b)

      highlights factual inaccuracies in the original or updated cash access assessment which could have an impact on its outcome.

ATCS 9.1.3 G

1 ATCS 4.1.13R to ATCS 4.1.15G apply for the purpose of establishing whether a person has sufficient interest under ATCS 9.1.2R(1).

ATCS 9.1.4 R

1The designated person must:

  1. (1)

    undertake the review required by ATCS 9.1.1R reasonably, diligently and fairly;

  2. (2)

    obtain any additional information necessary to complete the review;

  3. (3)

    complete it within 12 weeks of receipt of the request to review;

  4. (4)

    record in writing the reason for undertaking the review and its conclusion, together with its rationale for reaching that conclusion; and

  5. (5)

    where appropriate, produce a revised cash access assessment.

ATCS 9.2 Action after review

ATCS 9.2.1 R

1Following completion of its review, the designated person must confirm its conclusion promptly in writing to the person who requested the review, setting out its rationale.

ATCS 9.2.2 G

1The requirement in ATCS 9.2.1R can be met by giving the person who requested the review a copy of the record referred to in ATCS 9.1.4R(4).

ATCS 9.2.3 G

1Where the review results in a revised cash access assessment, the designated person must, as soon as reasonably practicable, update the information published under ATCS 6.1.1R or ATCS 6.1.5R to explain:

  1. (1)

    that the cash access assessment has been reviewed;

  2. (2)

    why it has been reviewed; and

  3. (3)

    any resulting changes to the published information.

ATCS 9.2.4 R

1Where the review results in a revised cash access assessment compliant with ATCS 5, ATCS 8.1.1R applies as if references to a cash access assessment are to the revised cash access assessment.

ATCS 9.3 Closures: change of circumstances

ATCS 9.3.1 R
  1. (1)

    1A review does not have to be undertaken under ATCS 9.1.1 (or completed, if already begun) where ATCS 8.1.11R applies because a relevant closure is no longer happening.

  2. (2)

    Where (1) applies, the designated person who would otherwise undertake or complete the review must promptly give notification in writing of the following to the person who requested it:

    1. (a)

      the change in circumstances; and

    2. (b)

      that the review no longer has to be undertaken (or completed, if already begun).