Care Standards Act 2000

[F175ZAWorking with [F2other Commissioners] E+W

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(1)This section applies where it appears to the Commissioner that a case which he is—

(a)examining in accordance with regulations made under section 74, or

(b)considering whether to examine in accordance with such regulations,

relates to or raises a matter which could be the subject of an examination by the Commissioner for Older People in Wales [F3or the Welsh Language Commissioner] (the ‘connected matter’).

(2)Where the Commissioner considers it appropriate, he must inform the Commissioner for Older People in Wales[F4, or may inform the Welsh Language Commissioner,] about the connected matter.

(3)Where the Commissioner considers that the case also relates to or raises a matter which he is entitled to examine himself (‘the children matter’), he must [F5(as respects the Commissioner for Older People in Wales) or may (as respects the Welsh Language Commissioner) ] also if he considers it appropriate—

(a)inform the Commissioner for Older People in Wales [F6or the Welsh Language Commissioner ] about the Commissioner's proposals for the examination of the case; and

(b)consult the Commissioner for Older People in Wales [F6or the Welsh Language Commissioner ] about those proposals.

(4)Where the Commissioner and the Commissioner for Older People in Wales [F7or the Welsh Language Commissioner ] consider that they are entitled to examine, respectively, the children matter and the connected matter they may—

(a)co-operate with each other in the separate examination of each of those matters;

(b)act together in the examination of those matters; and

(c)prepare and publish a joint report containing their respective conclusions in relation to the matters they have each examined.

(5)Where the Commissioner considers—

(a)that the case is not one which relates to or raises a matter that he is entitled to examine himself, and

(b)that it is appropriate to do so,

he must [F8(as respects the Commissioner for Older People in Wales) or may (as respects the Welsh Language Commissioner)] inform the person whose case it is, or another person interested in it that he thinks fit, about how to secure the referral to [F9that Commissioner] of the connected matter.]

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