We may decide that an individual awarding organisation is not to be subject to a specified general condition at the time of recognition, or is to cease to be subject to a specified general condition or to a special condition at any later time.

We will do so either on considering a request from an awarding organisation to remove a specified condition or by initiating ourselves a review of the application of a specified condition.

When we determine whether or not a particular condition should be removed we will consider a range of evidence, including:

• the effectiveness or likely effectiveness of the condition in the case of the awarding organisation,
• whether the behaviour or risks that the condition was imposed to address are present or continuing,
• the risks to learners, standards, public confidence and/or efficiency of removing the condition,
• (where relevant) any changes the awarding organisation has made to its behaviour and ways of working since the condition was first imposed, and
• any costs or other adverse impact that compliance with the condition has had or will have on the awarding organisation.