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These amendments would remove this new procedure, adding months to the timeframe for updating NPSs and undermine the Government’s commitment to drive quicker decision-making in the NSIP regime. Updated NPS policy assists applicants and the examining authority, and the Secretary of State can have regard to it as an “important and relevant” consideration in the decision-making process for NSIP applications, even if the application is examined against the previous version as a result of transitional provisions in the updated NPS.