Section 44 — Duty to remove services from supplementary notes
Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
This version in force from 2025-12-01
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) Where a person has a supplementary note included in their entry in the DVS register in respect of digital verification services, subsection (2) applies if the person—
(a) asks for the note to be amended so that it no longer records one or more of those services,
(b) ceases to provide one or more of the services recorded in the note (but not all of them), or
(c) no longer holds a certificate from an accredited conformity assessment body certifying that all of the services included in the note are provided in accordance with a supplementary code.
(2) The Secretary of State must amend the supplementary note so it no longer records (as the case may be)—
(a) the service or services mentioned in a request described in subsection (1)(a),
(b) the service or services which the person has ceased to provide, or
(c) the service or services for which there is no longer a certificate as described in subsection (1)(c).
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), a certificate is to be ignored if—
(a) it has expired in accordance with its terms,
(b) it has been withdrawn by the body that issued it, or
(c) it is required to be ignored by reason of provision included in the supplementary code as a result of section 29(9).