(1) Nothing in section 41LA, 41LB or 41LC requires the applicant to pay more than 3 / 4 of the conformity assessment fee before the making of the decision if:
(a) the application is for the issuing of a conformity assessment certificate under Part 4 - 4; and
(b) consideration of the application will involve an examination of the design of medical devices; and
(c) a period is prescribed under paragraph 63(2)(dc) for making a decision on the application.
(2) If the decision is not made within that period, the conformity assessment fee is 3 / 4 of the fee that, apart from this subsection, would have been the conformity assessment fee.
(a) the decision is made within that period; and
(b) part of the conformity assessment fee under section 41LA is, because of subsection (1) of this section, unpaid when the decision is made;
that part becomes due and payable on the making of the decision.
(4) For the purposes of this section, a decision is taken to be made on the application when the applicant is notified under subsection 41EE(1) of the Secretary's decision on the application.