(1) A competent authority shall cancel a category of sector or, where appropriate, subsector or an essential service from the category of sector or subsector or essential service in respect of which a person is designated as an operator of essential services where the competent authority is satisfied that the person no longer complies with Regulation 12 in respect of that category of sector or subsector or the essential service.

(2) An operator of essential services who is of the view that it is no longer appropriate for it to be designated as an operator of essential services in respect of a particular category of sector or subsector or essential service may notify the competent authority in writing accordingly setting out the reasons why the operator is of that view and requesting cancellation accordingly.

(3) Before a competent authority makes a cancellation, the competent authority may request information from the operator of essential services concerned which that competent authority reasonably requires for the purpose of deciding whether to make the cancellation.

(4) Where a competent authority proposes -

(a) to make a cancellation, or