17.—(1) The FCA may, on the application of a third party verifier, cancel their authorisation to provide a third party verification service.
(2) A request for cancellation of a person's authorisation under this regulation must be made in such a manner as the FCA may direct.
(3) The FCA may refuse an application under this regulation if it appears to it that it is desirable to do so in order to advance any of its operational objectives set out in section 1B(3) of the Act.
(4) An application under paragraph (1) must be determined by the FCA before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which it received the completed application.
(5) The FCA may determine an incomplete application if it considers it is appropriate to do so, and it must in any event determine such an application within 12 months beginning with the date on which it received the application.
(6) The applicant may withdraw its application, by giving the FCA notice, at any time before the FCA determines it.
(7) If the FCA decides to grant an application, it must give the applicant notice of its decision specifying the date on which the cancellation of the authorisation takes effect, and as soon as practicable update the register accordingly.