71C. (1) On receipt of a notification under section 71A, the Director shall review the notification and any objections received under section 71B and shall carry out such reasonable enquiries as he or she considers necessary in order to establish whether the following criteria are met:

(a) notice has been given in accordance with section 71A;

(b) the application is in accordance with section 71A.

(2) Where, after reviewing a notification under section 71A, the Director is satisfied that the notification is in order, he or she shall, subject to section 71B, accept the notification and note the fact of the acceptance on the Register.

(3) Where, after reviewing an application under section 71A, the Director forms the view that one or more of the criteria in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) are not satisfied, he or she shall notify the attorney and the donor of his or her view, provide reasons for that view and give the attorney and the donor an opportunity, within a reasonable timeframe specified by the Director, to respond.

(4) Following a review of any response received pursuant to subsection (3), the Director shall—

(a) where he or she is of the view that the criteria set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) are satisfied, accept, subject to section 71B, the notification and note the fact of the acceptance in the Register, or

(b) where he or she remains of the view that one or more of the criteria set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) is not satisfied, refuse to accept the notification and notify the attorney and the donor of that fact and the reasons for his or her view.

(5) An attorney whose notification under section 71A is not accepted may, not later than 21 days after the date of issue of the notification by the Director under subsection (4)(b), appeal the refusal by the Director to accept the notification to the court.

(6) Upon an appeal under subsection (5), the court may—

(a) require the Director to accept the notification and note the acceptance in the Register,

(b) affirm the decision of the Director, or

(c) make such other order or declaration as it considers appropriate.

(7) Following acceptance by the Director of a notification, he or she shall send an authenticated copy of the instrument to the attorney and the donor.

(8) For the purposes of subsection (7), a document purporting to be a copy of an instrument creating an enduring power of attorney which has been authenticated by the Director shall be evidence of the contents of the instrument and the date upon which it was notified.

(9) Once the Director has accepted or has refused to accept under this section a notification under section 71A, the attorney concerned shall, as soon as practicable, give notice to the persons referred to in section 71A(3) (other than those to whom subsections (4) and (5) of that section relate) of that acceptance or refusal, as the case may be, in the form specified by the Director under section 79A.]