After section 3.4.41 of the Principal Act insert —
(1) For the purpose of preparing a report under section 3.4.41 or 3.4.43 to give to the Minister, and for investigations and inquiries to be carried out under Division 1C of Part 4 of Chapter 10 for the purpose of preparing a report under section 3.4.41 or 3.4.43, the Secretary must obtain the written consent of—
(a) a possible invitee or pending applicant; and
(b) any other person the Secretary considers relevant to the consideration by the Minister of whether—
(i) to invite a possible invitee to apply for the monitoring licence; or
(ii) a pending applicant should be granted a monitoring licence under this Division.
(2) In this section—
"pending applicant "means a person the Minister has invited to apply for the monitoring licence but that has not applied for the monitoring licence under section 3.4.42;
"possible invitee "means a person the Minister is considering to invite to apply for the monitoring licence.".