(1)  This regulation applies if –

(a) an applicant under regulation 45 is seeking a shot-firing permit with more than one endorsement; and

(b) the Secretary is disposed to approve the application as regards some but not all of those endorsements.

(2)  Before refusing the application, the Secretary may ask the applicant whether he or she would agree to the application being processed in modified form so as to exclude those endorsements that are likely to trigger a refusal.

(3)  If the applicant so agrees –

(a) the Secretary may process the application under regulation 45 as if it were so modified; but

(b) the applicant has no right of review in respect of the endorsements that he or she has agreed to have excluded from the application.