Application to become a qualifying regulatorE+W
3(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.E+W
(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.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 18 para. 3 in force at 1.4.2011 by S.I. 2011/720, art. 2(c)