(1) A licensed user must not:
(a) make an application for an injunction (other than an interim injunction) under section 41; or
(b) bring an action for damages under section 44; or
(c) make an application for an order under section 45; or
(d) make an application for an order under section 46;
except with the written consent of the AOC.
(2) If:
(a) a licensed user gives the AOC a written request for consent under subsection (1); and
(b) the AOC neither gives nor refuses that consent before the end of the period of 8 days beginning on the day on which the request was given;
the AOC is taken to have given the consent.
(3) Consent under subsection (1) must not be unreasonably refused.