Explanatory Notes

Care Standards Act 2000

2000 CHAPTER 14

20 July 2000

Commentary on Sections

Part Ii  Establishments and Agencies

Offences

Section 26 False descriptions of establishments and agencies.

100.Section 26 makes it an offence for a person to describe any premises as a particular kind of establishment or agency when it is not registered as such. This would catch, for example, an unscrupulous hotel proprietor who tried to pretend his hotel was a nursing home. It would also catch registered persons who misrepresent the nature of their establishment, by claiming it is suitable for a particular category of resident when it is not. The penalty on summary conviction is a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.