(1) On receipt of an application for registration or renewal of registration as a land surveyor, the Surveyor-General must or, if the Surveyor-General has reason to believe that the applicant is not qualified to be registered as a land surveyor, he or she may, by notice in writing served on the applicant, refuse to grant the application.(a) grant the application if the requirements of the Act relating to the application have been met; and(b) if requested by the applicant, issue the applicant with a certificate of registration in accordance with such form as the Surveyor-General may determine (2) Before the Surveyor-General gives notice of refusal to grant an application for the registration or renewal of registration as a land surveyor under subregulation (1) , he or she is to notify the applicant, by notice in writing served on the applicant, of (a) his or her intention to refuse the application; and(b) the grounds for refusal of the application; and(c) the date on which, and the time and place at which, a hearing will be convened by the Surveyor-General to enable the applicant to show cause why the applicants application should not be refused.(3) An applicant who is served a notice referred to in subregulation (2) may (a) appear in person at the hearing referred to in that subregulation; or(b) before the hearing, submit to the Surveyor-General a statement of the grounds on which the applicant relies.