UK Act of Parliament
2000
United Kingdom
Care Standards Act 2000
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Part I — Introductory
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Children's homes in England.
Independent hospitals etc.
Care homes in England
Other basic definitions.
Registration authorities.
General duties of Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection
General duties of Commission for Social Care Inspection
National Care Standards Commission.
General duties of the Commission.
General functions of the Assembly.
Co-operative working.
Inquiries.
Part II — Establishments and agencies
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Requirement to register.
Applications for registration.
Grant or refusal of registration.
Cancellation of registration.
Suspension of registration
Applications by registered persons.
Regulations about registration.
Notice of proposals.
Right to make representations.
Notice of decisions.
Urgent procedure for cancellation, variation
Urgent procedure for cancellation: Wales
Urgent procedure for suspension or variation etc...
Appeals to the Tribunal.
Regulation of establishments and agencies.
Power of CIECSS to serve notice where person is failing to comply with regulations
Notice restricting accommodation at certain establishments
National minimum standards.
Failure to comply with conditions.
Offences relating to suspension
Contravention of regulations.
False descriptions of establishments and agencies.
False statements in applications.
Failure to display certificate of registration.
Proceedings for offences.
Offences by bodies corporate.
Notification of matters relating to persons carrying on or managing certain establishments or agencies
Penalty notices
Penalty notices: supplementary provision
Power of CIECSS to impose monetary penalties
CIECSS monetary penalties: publication of information
Persons who are subject to financial oversight
Financial oversight period
Power to require provision of recovery and resolution plan
Power to require information
Power to arrange for independent business review
Duty to issue advance warning notice
Power to limit profits of relevant providers
Power to limit profits of relevant providers: supplementary provision
Monetary penalties: procedure etc
Inspections by persons authorised by registration authority.
Inspections: supplementary.
Annual returns.
Liquidators
Death of registered person.
Provision of copies of registers.
Voluntary adoption agencies: distribution of functions
Service of documents.
Transfers of staff under Part II.
Temporary extension of meaning of “nursing home”.
Temporary extension of meaning of “children’s home”.
Children’s homes: temporary provision about cancellation of registration.
Power to extend the application of Part II.
Part III — Local Authority Services
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Introductory.
General powers of the Commission.
Inspection by registration authority of adoption and fostering services.
Inspections: supplementary.
Action following inspection.
Regulation of the exercise of relevant fostering functions.
National minimum standards.
Annual returns.
Annual fee.
Contravention of regulations.
Offences: general provisions.
Part IV — Social care workers
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The Care Council for Wales
Interpretation.
The register.
Applications for registration.
Grant or refusal of registration.
Visiting social workers from relevant European States
Visiting social care managers from relevant European States
Removal etc. from register.
Rules about registration.
Use of title “social worker” etc.
Codes of practice.
Approval of courses etc.
Qualifications gained outside the Welsh Council's area– social workers
Qualifications gained outside the Welsh Council’s area – social care managers
Post registration training.
Visitors for certain social work courses.
Functions of the Secretary of State.
Exercise by Special Health Authority of functions under s. 67(4)(a)
Appeals to the Tribunal.
Publication etc. of register.
Abolition of Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.
Rules.
Part V — The Children’s Commissioner for Wales
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Children’s Commissioner for Wales.
Principal aim of the Commissioner
Review of exercise of functions of Welsh Ministers and other persons
Review and monitoring of arrangements.
Examination of cases.
Obstruction etc.
Additional power of consideration and representation
Working with other Commissioners
Working jointly with the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
Working jointly with the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
Further functions.
Restrictions.
Interpretation.
Part VI — Child minding and day care
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Part VII — Protection of children and vulnerable adults
Additional ground of complaint.
Amended 1 timeEffect of inclusion in 1996 Act list.
Amended 1 timeSearches of 1996 Act list.
Amended 1 timeTemporary provision for access to lists.
Amended 1 timeSuitability to adopt a child: searches of lists.
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Basic definitions.
Duty of Secretary of State to keep list.
Persons who provide care for vulnerable adults: duty to refer.
Employment agencies and businesses: duty to refer.
Power of registration authority to refer.
Individuals named in the findings of certain inquiries.
Appeals against inclusion in list.
Applications for removal from list.
Conditions for application under section 87.
Effect of inclusion in list.
Searches of list under Part V of Police Act 1997.
Access to list before commencement of section 90.
Persons referred for inclusion in list under Protection of Children Act 1999.
Power to extend Part VII.
Employment agencies and businesses.
Inclusion in 1999 Act list on reference by certain authorities.
Inclusion in 1999 Act list of individuals named in findings of certain inquiries.
Inclusion in 1999 Act list on reference under this Part.
Individuals providing care funded by direct payments.
Transfer from Consultancy Service Index of individuals named in past inquiries.
Part VIII — Miscellaneous
Welfare of children in boarding schools and colleges.
Amended 1 timeSuspension of duty under section 87(3) of the 1989 Act.
Amended 1 timeNurses Agencies.
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Part IX — General and supplemental
Default powers of appropriate Minister.
Amended 6 timesFees payable under Part 2
Amended 6 timesSchemes for the transfer of staff.
Amended 1 timeMinor and consequential amendments.
Amended 8 timesTransitional provisions, savings and repeals.
Amended 4 timesOrders and regulations.
Amended 2 timesRegulations: Wales
Amended 2 timesWales.
Amended 1 timeGeneral interpretation etc.
Amended 23 timesCommencement.
Amended 1 timeShort title and extent.
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Schedules
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Interpretation
Notice of intention to impose monetary penalty
Imposition of monetary penalty
Amount of monetary penalty
Interest and recovery
Right of appeal against imposition of monetary penalty
(1) The Commissioner is to be a corporation sole.
(1) The accounting officer for the Commissioner’s Office shall be...
(1) The Auditor General for Wales may carry out examinations...
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A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal...
The Welsh Ministers may make payments to the Commissioner of...
In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in Part...
In the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975, the same...
(1) Regulations may provide that the office of Children’s Commissioner...
In section 144 of the Government of Wales Act 1998...
Regulations may make provision— (a) as to the appointment of...
The Welsh Ministers shall— (a) pay the Commissioner such remuneration...
(1) The Commissioner may appoint any staff he considers necessary...
(1) Subject to any directions given by the Welsh Ministers,...
The Children’s Commissioner for Wales
(1) The Commissioner shall keep proper accounting records.
Regulations may provide for the Commissioner to make periodic or...
(1) The accounts prepared by the Commissioner for any financial...
Any county council, county borough council or community council in...
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales....
Qualifications Wales.
Any agricultural wages committee for an area wholly in, or...
A National Park authority for a National Park in Wales....
The Arts Council of Wales.
Social Care Wales .
The Natural Resources Body for Wales .
The National Library of Wales.
The National Museums and Galleries of Wales.
Persons subject to review by the Commissioner under section 72B.
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of...
Any Health Authority for an area in, or consisting of,...
The Sports Council for Wales.
Persons subject to review by the Commissioner under section 72B.
Persons subject to review by the Commissioner under section 72B.
Comisiynydd y Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Commissioner).
Persons subject to review by the Commissioner under section 72B.
Any Local Health Board for an area in, or consisting...
Any National Health Service trust all or most of whose...
Persons subject to review by the Commissioner under section 72B.
Any further education corporation within the meaning of section 17(1)...
Any higher education corporation within the meaning of section 90(1)...
Any institution in Wales falling within section 91(5)(a) of the...
Any institution in Wales in relation to which a designation...
The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research.
Any governing body of a school in Wales which is...
The Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales or the...
Any governing body of a school in Wales which is...
The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research.
Any county council or county borough council in Wales.
Any Health Authority for an area in, or consisting of,...
Any National Health Service trust all or most of whose...
Persons whose arrangements are subject to review by the Commissioner under section 73.
Any further education corporation within the meaning of section 17(1)...
Any higher education corporation within the meaning of section 90(1)...
Any institution in Wales falling within section 91(5)(a) of the...
Any institution in Wales in relation to which a designation...
3A Any Local Health Board for an area in, or...
The following Schedule shall be inserted in the 1989 Act...
(1) Section 26 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (provision...
In section 7(4) of the Public Health (Control of Disease)...
In section 2(5)(d) of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and...
In Article 11(2) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987...
Minor and consequential amendments
(1) The 1989 Act shall be amended as follows.
In section 48(1) of the National Health Service and Community...
In paragraph 4(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Procedure...
In section 61(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (provision...
In Schedule 4A to the Water Industry Act 1991 (premises...
In Schedule 4A to the Water Industry Act 1991 (premises...
Minor and consequential amendments
In paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government...
Minor and consequential amendments
In section 2 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order...
In section 93 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (interpretation...
Minor and consequential amendments
Minor and consequential amendments
(1) The Protection of Children Act 1999 shall be amended...
In section 2 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999...
(1) The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 shall...
(1) Section 16 of the Greater London Council (General Powers)...
In section 23(12) of the Children and Young Persons Act...
(1) Section 10(2) of the Greater London Council (General Powers)...
In Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act...
Minor and consequential amendments
Minor and consequential amendments
Minor and consequential amendments
Minor and consequential amendments
(1) The Mental Health Act 1983 shall be amended as...
The appropriate Minister may by regulations provide that, if prescribed...
(1) Where an approval granted to a body, before the...
(1) The Part of this Act which relates to the...
Official guidance
Authoritative sources published by regulators or government explaining this legislation.
- Healthcare professional regulators (Professional Standards Authority) (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- Ofsted — the children's social care regulator (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- CQC — register as a new provider (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- Regulation 9A: Visiting and accompanying in care homes, hospitals and hospices - Care Quality Commission (opens in a new tab) from CQC Detailed Guidance
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Ofsted
PrimaryOffice for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
Inspects and regulates services providing education, training, and childcare in England. Inspects schools, colleges, initial teacher training, and children's social care. Registers …
Care Inspectorate Wales
Registers and inspects social care and childcare services in Wales. Regulates care homes, domiciliary care, children's homes, and childminders.
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