(1) Before deciding to grant, or to refuse to grant, accreditation of a guideline, the authority must conduct an evaluation of the guideline.
(2) However, the authority must not start the evaluation unless the applicant has complied with—
(a) all procedural requirements for the application; and
(b) if the authority has given the applicant a notice under section 13(1)—all requests for further information or any document under the notice.
(3) For evaluating a guideline, the authority must consider whether or not the guideline satisfies each of the educational criteria and social responsibility criteria.
(4) The authority may require the applicant to give the authority further information or a document under section 13 after evaluation has started.
(5) However, the authority may not reject the application only because the applicant does not comply with the requirement under subsection (4).