Miscellaneous
Section 31: Arrangements entered into by local authority or health body: services to be registered
119.This section makes it clear that, although a service commissioned by the body in question need not exist as a registered care service at the time the contract is entered into, the service must be a registered one by the time it is actually provided.
Section 32: Giving of notice
120.This section deals with the serving of notice on a care service provider or a person seeking to be a care service provider, and sets out when notice is deemed to have been delivered.