(1)  This section applies to a show cause event that happens in relation to a locally registered foreign lawyer.

(2)  The locally registered foreign lawyer must provide to the domestic registration authority both of the following:

(a) within 7 days after the happening of the event, notice, in the approved form, that the event happened;

(b) within 28 days after the happening of the event, a written statement explaining why, despite the show cause event, the person considers himself or herself to be a fit and proper person to be a locally registered foreign lawyer.

(3)  If a written statement is provided after the period mentioned in subsection (2)(b) , the domestic registration authority may accept the statement and take it into consideration.