http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/14/section/30ZGCare Standards Act 2000An Act to establish a National Care Standards Commission; to make provision for the registration and regulation of children’s homes, independent hospitals, independent clinics, care homes, residential family centres, independent medical agencies, domiciliary care agencies, fostering agencies, nurses agencies and voluntary adoption agencies; to make provision for the regulation and inspection of local authority fostering and adoption services; to establish a General Social Care Council and a Care Council for Wales and make provision for the registration, regulation and training of social care workers; to establish a Children’s Commissioner for Wales; to make provision for the registration, regulation and training of those providing child minding or day care; to make provision for the protection of children and vulnerable adults; to amend the law about children looked after in schools and colleges; to repeal the Nurses Agencies Act 1957; to amend Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-08-03Expert Participation2026-07-31 Care StandardsCare Standards Act 2000s. 5(1)(a)(iii)Children and Young Persons Act 2008s. 4(2)(a)s. 6s. 44(4)art. 2(b)Care Standards Act 2000s. 23A-23D and cross-headingChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026s. 14(2)s. 78(5)Care Standards Act 2000s. 21(5A)Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026s. 14(3)s. 78(5) Part II30ZG1The Secretary of State may serve a written notice on a person who is subject to financial oversight requiring the person to—aprepare a recovery and resolution plan, andbsubmit the plan to the Secretary of State before the end of the period specified in the notice.2A recovery and resolution plan is a plan containing information about—athe nature and extent of any risk to the financial sustainability of the person,bthe action the person proposes to take to mitigate or eliminate those risks,cany adverse impacts on local authorities, and children looked after by local authorities, that might result if those risks materialised, anddthe action the person proposes to take to reduce those adverse impacts if they arise.3The period mentioned in subsection (1)(b) must not be less than 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice is served on the person.4Subsection (5) applies where the person on whom the Secretary of State serves a notice under subsection (1) is a parent undertaking of a relevant provider.5The Secretary of State may also require that the information provided under subsection (2)(a) is to include information about the nature and extent of any risks to the financial sustainability of the relevant subsidiary undertakings of the parent undertaking.6The Secretary of State may serve written notice on a person who has submitted a recovery and resolution plan requiring the person to provide an explanation of any information contained in the plan.7Subsection (8) applies where—aa person has submitted a recovery and resolution plan to the Secretary of State,bthere is a material change to the matters mentioned in subsection (2), andcthe person is subject to financial oversight when the change occurs.8The person must inform the Secretary of State of the change as soon as is reasonably practicable.Pt. 2 restricted (7.12.2004) by Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), ss. 2(4), 148 (with Sch. 4 paras. 1, 6-8); S.I. 2004/3203, art. 2Pt. 2: functions transferred (20.11.2003 for certain purposes and 1.4.2004 otherwise) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 102(1)-(3), 199; S.I. 2004/759, art. 5(2)Pt. 2 modified (W.) (30.4.2003) by The Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 10) and Transitional Provisions (Wales) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/152), art. 3Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (E.) (31.8.2004) by The Adult Placement Schemes (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2071), reg. 40(2), Sch. 5Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (W.) (1.8.2004) by The Adult Placement Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1756), reg. 3(3), Sch. 1Pt. 2: functions transferred (8.11.2006 for certain purposes and 1.4.2007 otherwise) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 148(1), 188(3); S.I. 2007/935, art. 5Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2017) by The Private Dentistry (Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/202), regs. 1, 39, Sch. 4Pt. 2 applied in part (with modifications) (E.) (28.4.2023) by The Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/416), regs. 1(2), 43(1), Sch. 4 (with reg. 44)Ss. 30ZE-30ZJ and cross-heading inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes, 15.7.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 16(2), 78(1)(a)(5); S.I. 2026/803, reg. 3(e)