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SCHEDULE 7F3The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care

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I116Reports and other information

1

The F4Authority must prepare a report on the exercise of its functions during each financial year.

F11A

The report must state—

a

how the F5Authority, in exercising its functions, has promoted the health, safety and well-being of F2users of health care, users of social care in England, users of social work services in England and other members of the public, and

b

how far, in the opinion of the F5Authority, each regulatory body has complied with any duty imposed on it to promote the health, safety and well-being of such persons.

F71B

The Authority must, by such date in each year as the Privy Council determines, publish—

a

a strategic plan for the Authority for the coming financial year, and

b

a strategic plan for the Authority for such of the subsequent financial years as the Authority may determine.

2

As soon as possible after the end of each financial year, the F6Authority must lay a copy of its report for that year F8, and a copy of each of its strategic plans published in that year, before Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly.

3

The F6Authority must comply with any request by Parliament to prepare, and lay before it, other reports or to provide Parliament with other information.

4

The F6Authority must also comply with any corresponding request by—

a

the Scottish Parliament, in relation to matters which concern a subject for which any member of the Scottish Executive has general responsibility,

b

the Northern Ireland Assembly, in relation to transferred matters concerning Northern Ireland (“transferred matters” having the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)).