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<Text>There shall be a body corporate, to be known as the National Care Standards Commission (referred to in this Act as “the Commission”), which shall exercise in relation to England the functions conferred on it by or under this Act or any other enactment.</Text>
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<Text>The Commission shall, in the exercise of its functions, act—</Text>
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<Text>in accordance with any directions in writing given to it by the Secretary of State; and</Text>
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<Text>Schedule 1 shall have effect with respect to the Commission.</Text>
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<Text>The powers of the Secretary of State under this Part to give directions include power to give directions as to matters connected with the structure and organisation of the Commission, for example—</Text>
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<Text>directions as to the organisation of staff into divisions.</Text>
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