SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 18Immigration advice and immigration services
Part 1Qualifying regulators
Application to become a qualifying regulator
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This paragraph applies where a body wishes to become a qualifying regulator for the purposes of Part 5 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
2
A body may apply to the Board for the Board—
a
to designate the body as a qualifying regulator for those purposes, and
b
to approve what the applicant proposes as its regulatory arrangements if a designation order is made (“the proposed regulatory arrangements”).
3
But a body may make an application under this paragraph only if—
a
it is an approved regulator (other than the Board), or
b
it has made an application under Part 2 of Schedule 4 (designation of approved regulators).
4
An application under this paragraph must be made in such form and manner as the Board may specify in rules and must be accompanied by—
a
details of the applicant's proposed regulatory arrangements,
b
such explanatory material as the applicant considers is likely to be needed for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, and
c
the prescribed fee.
5
The prescribed fee is the fee prescribed in, or determined in accordance with, rules made by the Board with the consent of the Lord Chancellor.
6
An applicant may, at any time, withdraw the application by giving notice to that effect to the Board.