The Commission said that, by last week, only five agencies had completed the registration pro- cess, and it had been in discussion with a further 40. The Commission has sent out registration forms to 50 agencies altogether.
Originally the Commission had said that any agencies that had not applied to register by the end of September would be deemed to be operating illegally, although it did not say what punitive measures it could take. But that deadline has been put back by two weeks until the middle of October.
As a result, the Commission will now have until 31 March 2004 to consider and make a decision on the applications received.
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