We will review from time to time the application of an accreditation requirement that is applied to a qualification or a description of qualifications. Any decision we might take to remove the requirement will be informed by responses to a public consultation.

We will also review from time to time the application of any accreditation requirement where it applies to a specific awarding organisation‟s qualifications. Any decision we might take to remove the requirement will be informed in particular by any representations made by the awarding organisation that the requirement should be lifted.

We will take into account:

• the quality of the qualifications the awarding organisation has submitted for accreditation,
• the quality of its other regulated qualifications,
• the robustness of its own qualification design, development, approval and quality assurance arrangements, and
• any evidence that the awarding organisation is behaving in accordance with the conditions of recognition to which it is subject.

If, having considered this evidence, we decide that we can be confident that the awarding organisation‟s own arrangements will ensure that its qualifications meet the appropriate regulatory requirements, without the need for further scrutiny by us, we will lift the accreditation requirement. In this case, the lifting of the accreditation requirement will not apply in cases where we have separately determined that an accreditation requirement is required for all awarding organisations that offer a particular qualification or a description of qualifications.