6 Removal from the register.E+W+S
(1)A body which has been registered shall not be removed from the register except in accordance with this section.
(2)If it appears to the [Corporation] that a body which is on the register—
(a)is no longer a housing association eligible for registration, or
(b)has ceased to exist or does not operate,
the Corporation shall, after giving the body at least 14 days’ notice, remove it from the register.
(3)In the case of a body which appears to the Corporation to have ceased to exist or not to operate, notice under subsection (2) shall be deemed to be given to the body if it is served at the address last known to the Corporation to be the principal place of business of the body.
(4)A body which is registered may request the Corporation to remove it from the register if it has not at any time received—
[(a)a grant under section 41 (housing association grants),
(b)a grant under section 54 (revenue deficit grants),
(c)any such payment or loan as is mentioned in paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (grant-aided land),
(d)a grant or a loan under section 2(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988,
(e)a grant under section 50 of the Housing Act 1988 (housing association grants), or
(f)a grant under section 51 of that Act (revenue deficit grants)]
and the Corporation may, if it thinks fit, do so.
(5)As soon as may be after removing a body from the register the Corporation shall give notice of the removal—
(a)if the body is a registered charity, to the Charity Commissioners,
(b)if the body is a society registered under the 1965 Act, to the appropriate registrar,
who shall record the removal.