Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016

16 Improvement notices

(1) This section applies where the Welsh Ministers propose to—

(a) cancel the registration of a service provider under section 15, or

(b) vary a provider’s registration under section 13(3) or (4).

(2) Before cancelling or varying the registration the Welsh Ministers must give an improvement notice to the service provider.

(3) An improvement notice given under subsection (2) must specify—

(a) the ground on which the Welsh Ministers propose to cancel or vary the registration and, in the case of a variation, the manner of the variation,

(b) action the Welsh Ministers think the provider must take, or information the provider must provide, in order to satisfy them that cancellation or variation on the basis of that ground is not appropriate, and

(c) a time limit within which—

(i) the action must be taken or the information must be provided, and

(ii) the service provider may make representations.

(4) The service provider may make representations to the Welsh Ministers before the expiry of the time limit specified in the improvement notice and the Welsh Ministers must have regard to those representations when deciding what to do under section 17.