Care Standards Act 2000

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I Introductory

   1. Preliminary

      1. 1. Children’s homes.

      2. 2. Independent hospitals etc.

      3. 3. Care homes.

      4. 4. Other basic definitions.

   2. Registration authorities

      1. 5. Registration authorities.

      2. 6. National Care Standards Commission.

      3. 7. General duties of the Commission.

      4. 8. General functions of the Assembly.

      5. 9. Co-operative working.

      6. 10. Inquiries.

3. Part II Establishments and agencies

   1. Registration

      1. 11. Requirement to register.

      2. 12. Applications for registration.

      3. 13. Grant or refusal of registration.

      4. 14. Cancellation of registration.

      5. 15. Applications by registered persons.

      6. 16. Regulations about registration.

   2. Registration procedure

      1. 17. Notice of proposals.

      2. 18. Right to make representations.

      3. 19. Notice of decisions.

      4. 20. Urgent procedure for cancellation etc.

      5. 21. Appeals to the Tribunal.

   3. Regulations and standards

      1. 22. Regulation of establishments and agencies.

      2. 23. National minimum standards.

   4. Offences

      1. 24. Failure to comply with conditions.

      2. 25. Contravention of regulations.

      3. 26. False descriptions of establishments and agencies.

      4. 27. False statements in applications.

      5. 28. Failure to display certificate of registration.

      6. 29. Proceedings for offences.

      7. 30. Offences by bodies corporate.

   5. Miscellaneous and supplemental

      1. 31. Inspections by persons authorised by registration authority.

      2. 32. Inspections: supplementary.

      3. 33. Annual returns.

      4. 34. Liquidators etc.

      5. 35. Death of registered person.

      6. 36. Provision of copies of registers.

      7. 37. Service of documents.

      8. 38. Transfers of staff under Part II.

      9. 39. Temporary extension of meaning of “nursing home”.

      10. 40. Temporary extension of meaning of “children’s home”.

      11. 41. Children’s homes: temporary provision about cancellation of registration.

      12. 42. Power to extend the application of Part II.

4. Part III Local Authority Services

   1. 43. Introductory.

   2. 44. General powers of the Commission.

   3. 45. Inspection by registration authority of adoption and fostering services.

   4. 46. Inspections: supplementary.

   5. 47. Action following inspection.

   6. 48. Regulation of the exercise of relevant fostering functions.

   7. 49. National minimum standards.

   8. 50. Annual returns.

   9. 51. Annual fee.

   10. 52. Contravention of regulations.

   11. 53. Offences: general provisions.

5. Part IV Social care workers

   1. Preliminary

      1. 54. Care Councils.

      2. 55. Interpretation.

   2. Registration

      1. 56. The register.

      2. 57. Applications for registration.

      3. 58. Grant or refusal of registration.

      4. 59. Removal etc. from register.

      5. 60. Rules about registration.

      6. 61. Use of title “social worker” etc.

   3. Codes of practice

      1. 62. Codes of practice.

   4. Training

      1. 63. Approval of courses etc.

      2. 64. Qualifications gained outside a Council’s area.

      3. 65. Post registration training.

      4. 66. Visitors for certain social work courses.

      5. 67. Functions of the appropriate Minister.

   5. Miscellaneous and supplemental

      1. 68. Appeals to the Tribunal.

      2. 69. Publication etc. of register.

      3. 70. Abolition of Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.

      4. 71. Rules.

6. Part V The Children’s Commissioner for Wales

   1. 72. Children’s Commissioner for Wales.

   2. 73. Review and monitoring of arrangements.

   3. 74. Examination of cases.

   4. 75. Obstruction etc.

   5. 76. Further functions.

   6. 77. Restrictions.

   7. 78. Interpretation.

7. Part VI Child minding and day care

   1. 79. Amendment of Children Act 1989.

8. Part VII Protection of children and vulnerable adults

   1. Protection of vulnerable adults

      1. 80. Basic definitions.

      2. 81. Duty of Secretary of State to keep list.

      3. 82. Persons who provide care for vulnerable adults: duty to refer.

      4. 83. Employment agencies and businesses: duty to refer.

      5. 84. Power of registration authority to refer.

      6. 85. Individuals named in the findings of certain inquiries.

      7. 86. Appeals against inclusion in list.

      8. 87. Applications for removal from list.

      9. 88. Conditions for application under section 87.

      10. 89. Effect of inclusion in list.

      11. 90. Searches of list under Part V of Police Act 1997.

      12. 91. Access to list before commencement of section 90.

      13. 92. Persons referred for inclusion in list under Protection of Children Act 1999.

      14. 93. Power to extend Part VII.

   2. The list kept under section 1 of the 1999 Act

      1. 94. Employment agencies and businesses.

      2. 95. Inclusion in 1999 Act list on reference by certain authorities.

      3. 96. Inclusion in 1999 Act list of individuals named in findings of certain inquiries.

      4. 97. Inclusion in 1999 Act list on reference under this Part.

      5. 98. Individuals providing care funded by direct payments.

      6. 99. Transfer from Consultancy Service Index of individuals named in past inquiries.

   3. Restrictions on working with children in independent schools

      1. 100. Additional ground of complaint.

      2. 101. Effect of inclusion in 1996 Act list.

      3. 102. Searches of 1996 Act list.

   4. General

      1. 103. Temporary provision for access to lists.

      2. 104. Suitability to adopt a child: searches of lists.

9. Part VIII Miscellaneous

   1. Boarding schools and colleges

      1. 105. Welfare of children in boarding schools and colleges.

      2. 106. Suspension of duty under section 87(3) of the 1989 Act.

      3. 107. Boarding schools: national minimum standards.

      4. 108. Annual fee for boarding school inspections.

      5. 109. Inspection of schools etc. by persons authorised by Secretary of State.

   2. Fostering

      1. 110. Extension of Part IX to school children during holidays.

   3. Employment agencies

      1. 111. Nurses Agencies.

   4. Charges for local authority welfare services

      1. 112. Charges for local authority welfare services.

10. Part IX General and supplemental

    1. Chapter I General

       1. 113. Default powers of appropriate Minister.

       2. 114. Schemes for the transfer of staff.

       3. 115. Effect of schemes.

       4. 116. Minor and consequential amendments.

       5. 117. Transitional provisions, savings and repeals.

    2. Chapter II Supplemental

       1. 118. Orders and regulations.

       2. 119. Supplementary and consequential provision etc.

       3. 120. Wales.

       4. 121. General interpretation etc.

       5. 122. Commencement.

       6. 123. Short title and extent.

11. Schedules:

    1. Schedule 1

       The Commission and the Councils.

    2. Schedule 2

       The Children’s Commissioner for Wales.

    3. Schedule 3

       Child minding and day care for young children.

    4. Schedule 4

       Minor and consequential amendments.

    5. Schedule 5

       Transitional provisions and savings.

    6. Schedule 6

       Repeals.