(1)On and from the commencement of these regulations, an applicant, meeting the eligibility criteria as specified in these regulations for grant of anempanelment certificate to act as an empanelled annuity service provider, shall make an application in the specifiedformaccompanied by a empanelment fee referred to in sub-regulation (2) and such documents in support thereon, as may be specified by the Authority.
(2) One timeempanelment fee of rupees one lakh,shall be submitted along with the application, to the Authority. The empanelment fee shall be realized by the Authority within fifteen days from the date of sending intimation of grant of certificate of empanelment under regulation 17:
Provided that every empanelled annuity service provider shall, at the time of renewal of empanelment certificatepay suchrenewal fees, if any, as may be specified by the Authority, from time to time through a circular, order or notification issued by it.
(3)An application, not complete in all respects and not conforming to the instructions specified in the application form and these regulations shall be rejected. Provided that, before rejecting any such 29 29 application, the applicant shall be given a reasonable opportunity to withdraw orcomplete the application in all respects and rectify the errors, if any. The Authority may seek such additional information for disposal of the application from the Applicant as may be deemed relevant.
(4)Anannuity service provider empanelledby the Interim Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority prior to the commencement of these regulations , may continue to act as such, for a period of ninety days from the notification of these regulations or, if it makes an application for grant of empanelment till the disposal of its application by the Authority.