(1) A person who has made a target application may withdraw that application at any time before the application is referred to the Council under subsection 15(1).
(2) The withdrawal of a target application is to be effected by the making of a request for withdrawal to the Authority in writing signed:
(a) in the case of an application by a natural person--by the person who signed the application or by the legal personal representative of that person; or
(b) in any other case--by the person who signed the application or by a person authorized by the applicant to sign the request.