22Voluntary 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.