# The Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2024, Regulation 17: Suspension of ACSP status


(1) A person is suspended as an ACSP when the registrar gives the person a notice informing them their status as an ACSP is suspended (a “notice of suspension”).
(2) The registrar may give a notice of suspension pending a decision whether to give a notice of cessation under regulation 18(4).
(3) A notice of suspension given in accordance with paragraph (2) must—
(a) state the registrar’s intention to give a notice of cessation under regulation 18(4) to the person after the expiry of the period of 28 days beginning on the day the notice of suspension is given;
(b) explain the reasons for the registrar’s intention, and
(c) explain how the person can object to the giving by the registrar of a notice of cessation to the person (see regulation 18(5)).
(4) The registrar may by notice in writing extend a period specified in paragraph (3)(a).
(5) Upon the giving of a notice of suspension, the registrar must—
(a) publish notice of the suspension of the person’s status as an ACSP, and
(b) notify the person’s supervisory authority.
(6) A person’s status as an ACSP ceases to be suspended when the registrar gives the person a notice informing them their suspension is revoked (a “notice of suspension revocation”) or gives them a notice of cessation under regulation 18(4).
(7) Upon the giving of a notice of suspension revocation, the registrar must notify the person’s supervisory authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348261905/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registrar-identity-verification-and-authorised-corporate-service-providers-regulations-2024/regulation-17
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