284.—(1) The Controller may refuse an application for renewal of a registration by a licensing body registered under this Part or cancel the registration of a licensing body where the body no longer fulfils the requirements specified in section 280(5).

F149[(1A) The power conferred on the Controller by subsection (1) may not be exercised by reason of a failure by a licensing body to provide a statement of compliance or appropriate supporting evidence—

(a) if—

(i) the licensing body has, before the expiration of the period of validity of the certificate of registration, submitted to the Controller an application for an extension of the time within which the statement of compliance or appropriate supporting evidence is required to be provided, accompanied by a satisfactory explanation for the application,

(ii) the Controller has granted an extension of 28 days from the expiration of that period, and

(iii) the failure does not continue beyond the extension,

or

(b) unless the Controller has, after the time within which the statement of compliance or appropriate supporting evidence is required to be provided, issued a written notice requiring the person to provide a statement of compliance or appropriate supporting evidence within a specified period and the Controller is satisfied that the notice has not been complied with.]

(2) The Controller shall remove a licensing body from the Register where its application for renewal of its registration is refused or its registration is cancelled.