Part 1The Office for Students

Voluntary de-registration

I122Voluntary de-registration

1

The OfS must remove a registered higher education provider from the register if—

a

the governing body of the provider applies to the OfS for the provider to be removed from the register, and

b

the application complies with any requirements imposed under subsection (2).

2

The OfS may determine—

a

the form of an application under subsection (1),

b

the information to be contained in it or provided with it, and

c

the manner in which an application is to be submitted.

3

The OfS must notify the governing body of the provider of the date on which the provider is removed from the register (“the removal date”).

4

The OfS may vary the removal date at any time before that date by notifying the governing body of the provider.

5

The OfS may make transitional or saving provision in connection with the removal of a provider from the register under this section.

6

That provision may include treating the provider as a registered higher education provider for such purposes as the OfS may specify.

7

The OfS must—

a

maintain a list of providers removed from the register under this section,

b

include in that list the details of any provision made under subsection (5), and

c

make the list publicly available by such means as it considers appropriate.