Commentary on Sections Part 3 – Confirmation and Will Writing Services Other regulatory matters Section 98 – Surrender of certification
200.Section 98 deals with the situation where an approving body wishes to cease regulating. This section allows an approving body to surrender its certification, with the agreement of the Scottish Ministers. The approving body in question is expected to reduce as far as possible the disruption to clients of its confirmation agents caused by this surrender, for example by ensuring that any ongoing work can be completed or passed to another qualified agent prior to the surrender taking effect.
201.The Scottish Ministers can direct approving bodies to take a particular action; this may occur, for example, where an approving body has not taken sufficient steps to mitigate disruption to clients.
202.As with revocation, surrender means that the approving body’s confirmation agents will no longer be authorised to provide confirmation services from the date the surrender takes effect.