(1)The Scottish Ministers must remove a registered letting agent from the register if, on the expiry of the registration period, the registered letting agent has not made an application in accordance with section 30.
(2)The registration period is—
(a)in the case of a letting agent whose registration has not previously been renewed, the period of 3 years beginning with the date on which the entry was made,
(b)in any other case, the period of 3 years beginning the day after the end of the previous registration period.