The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2018

Care Quality Commission (Membership) Regulations 2015

33.—(1) The Care Quality Commission (Membership) Regulations 2015(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In the Schedule (grounds for disqualification), after paragraph 23, insert—

“23A.— (1) Unless sub-paragraph (2) applies, the person’s registration as a provider of a regulated service, within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (“the 2016 Act”), has been—

(a) cancelled under section 15(1)(b) to (f) or 23(1) of the 2016 Act; or

(b) varied under section 13(3)(b) or (4)(b) or 23(1) of the 2016 Act.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where—

(a) the decision to cancel or vary has been subject to a direction of the Tribunal under section 26(4)(b) of the 2016 Act;

(b) the cancellation was only by reason of an application for cancellation having been made by the provider of a regulated service pursuant to section 14 of the 2016 Act; or

(c) the variation was only by reason of an application for variation having been made by the provider of a regulated service pursuant to section 11 of the 2016 Act.”.

(1)

S.I. 2015/1479.