(1) A certified person ("B") may apply to the FCA for his certificate to be revoked, and the FCA must then revoke the certificate and give B written notice that it has done so.
(2) An application under paragraph (1) must be made in such manner as the FCA may direct.
(3) If -
(a) B has made an application under Part 4A of the Act for permission to carry on a regulated activity of the kind specified by article 9B (or for variation of an existing permission so as to add a regulated activity of that kind), and
(b) on making an application for revocation of his certificate under paragraph (1), he requests that the revocation be conditional on the granting of his application under Part 4A of the Act,
the revocation of B’s certificate is to be conditional on the granting of his application under Part 4A of the Act.