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SCHEDULE 6
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REGISTRATION |
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Applications for registration |
| | 1. - (1) An application for registration under section 81(2)(a) or (b) must-
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(a) be made to the Commissioner in such form and manner, and |
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(b) be accompanied by such information and supporting evidence, |
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as the Commissioner may from time to time determine.
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(2) When considering an application for registration, the Commissioner may require the applicant to provide him with such further information or supporting evidence as the Commissioner may reasonably require.
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Registration |
| | 2. - (1) If the Commissioner considers that an applicant for registration is competent and otherwise fit to provide immigration advice and immigration services, he must register the applicant.
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(2) Registration may be made so as to have effect-
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(a) only in relation to a specified field of advice or services; |
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(b) only in relation to the provision of advice or services to a specified category of person; |
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(c) only in relation to the provision of advice or services to a member of a specified category of person; or |
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(d) only in specified circumstances. |
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Review of qualifications |
| | 3. - (1) At such intervals as the Commissioner may determine, each registered person must submit an application for his registration to be continued.
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(2) Different intervals may be fixed by the Commissioner in relation to different registered persons or descriptions of registered person.
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(3) An application for continued registration must-
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(a) be made to the Commissioner in such form and manner, and |
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(b) be accompanied by such information and supporting evidence, |
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as the Commissioner may from time to time determine.
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(4) When considering an application for continued registration, the Commissioner may require the applicant to provide him with such further information or supporting evidence as the Commissioner may reasonably require.
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(5) If the Commissioner considers that an applicant for continued registration is no longer competent or is otherwise unfit to provide immigration advice or immigration services, he must cancel the applicant's registration.
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(6) Otherwise, the Commissioner must continue the applicant's registration but may, in doing so, vary the registration-
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(a) so as to make it have limited effect in any of the ways mentioned in paragraph 2(2); or |
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(b) so as to make it have full effect. |
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(7) If a registered person fails, without reasonable excuse-
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(a) to make an application for continued registration as required by sub-paragraph (1) or by a direction given by the Tribunal under section 86(3)(b), or |
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(b) to provide further information or evidence under sub-paragraph (4), |
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the Commissioner may cancel the person's registration as from such date as he may determine.
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Disqualification of certain persons |
| | 4. A person convicted of an offence under section 25 or 26(1)(d) or (g) of the 1971 Act is disqualified for registration under paragraph 2 or for continued registration under paragraph 3.
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Fees |
| | 5. - (1) The Secretary of State may by order specify fees for the registration or continued registration of persons on the register.
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(2) No application under paragraph 1 or 3 is to be entertained by the Commissioner unless it is accompanied by the specified fee.
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Open registers |
| | 6. - (1) The register must be made available for inspection by members of the public in a legible form at reasonable hours.
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(2) A copy of the register or of any entry in the register must be provided-
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(a) on payment of a reasonable fee; |
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(b) in written or electronic form; and |
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(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) also apply to-
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(a) the record kept by the Commissioner of the persons to whom he has issued a certificate of exemption under section 81(4)(a); and |
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(b) the record kept by the Commissioner of the persons against whom there is in force a direction given by the Tribunal under section 86(8). |
