Each awarding organisation must comply with the conditions of recognition we place on it.

Where necessary we will take regulatory action in order to secure our statutory objectives and duties. We can make a range of regulatory interventions, these include investigations into a particular issue, statutory and non-statutory regulatory actions (which are set out in detail under the headings below) and making changes to our own regulatory requirements. For example we may:

• in relation to a risk that has been newly identified, impose a further condition:
  • on an individual awarding organisation or description of awarding organisations,
  • for a specific qualification or description of qualification, or
  • in respect of credits relating to different components of qualifications or descriptions of components in qualifications,
• investigate whether any condition should be revised or removed,
• identify and address any non-compliance with a condition of recognition,
• determine or vary the surrender date should an awarding organisation wish to cease to be recognised, or
• investigate complaints in relation to the award of a regulated qualification.