40Removal from register on application
(1)A registered letting agent may apply to the Scottish Ministers to be removed from the register.
(2)The application must be accompanied by a fee of such amount (if any) as the Scottish Ministers may determine.
(3)The Scottish Ministers must remove a registered letting agent from the register if, having considered an application under this section, they are satisfied that—
(a)the registered letting agent is no longer carrying out letting agency work, and
(b)it is otherwise appropriate to remove that agent from the register.
(4)The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as practicable after making their decision under this section, notify the agent who made the application of—
(a)their decision,
(b)in the case of a decision to remove the agent from the register, the date of removal from the register, and
(c)in the case of a decision not to remove the agent from the register, their reasons for that decision.