Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14)

Part 1 The Care Quality Commission

Chapter 2 Registration in respect of provision of health or social care

Power to modify provisions of Chapter

43 Power to modify Chapter in relation to newly regulated activities

(1) Regulations may modify the provisions of this Chapter in their application to any newly regulated activity of a prescribed description.

(2) A “newly regulated activity” is any regulated activity other than one which—

(a) consists of or includes the carrying on of a relevant concern,

(b) under the 2000 Act as it has effect immediately before commencement, is regulated under Part 2 of that Act by virtue of regulations under section 42 of that Act (power to extend application of that Part), or

(c) consists of the provision of health care by a National Health Service body, as defined by section 121 of that Act.

(3) For this purpose a “relevant concern” is anything which, under the 2000 Act as it has effect immediately before commencement, would for the purposes of that Act be—

(a) an independent hospital,

(b) an independent clinic,

(c) an independent medical agency,

(d) a care home,

(e) a domiciliary care agency, or

(f) a nurses agency.

(4) Any regulated activity carried on by or on behalf of the Crown is for this purpose a newly regulated activity.

(5) In this section—

• “the 2000 Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14);

• “commencement” means the commencement of section 10 of this Act.