SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 18Immigration advice and immigration services

Part 1Qualifying regulators

Application to become a qualifying regulator

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1

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.