http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/14/section/150Health and Social Care Act 2008An Act to establish and make provision in connection with a Care Quality Commission; to make provision about health care (including provision about the National Health Service) and about social care; to make provision about reviews and investigations under the Mental Health Act 1983; to establish and make provision in connection with an Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator and make other provision about the regulation of the health care professions; to confer power to modify the regulation of social care workers; to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984; to provide for the payment of a grant to women in connection with pregnancy; to amend the functions of the Health Protection Agency; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-10-03Expert Participation2023-04-01 Health and Social Care Act 2008specified provision(s)The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.9, Consequential Amendments and Transitory, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Amendment Order 2009art. 2art. 1(1) Part 5 1501A body is a qualifying body for the purposes of this group of sections if—aa reasonable person might consider that its activities are being carried on for the benefit of the community in England,bexcept in the case of a body of a prescribed kind, it satisfies prescribed conditions relating to the distribution of its profits,cit is carrying on a business, anddit satisfies such other conditions as may be prescribed.2Regulations may provide that—aa body may only be a qualifying body if it is of a prescribed kind;bactivities of a prescribed description are to be treated as being, or as not being, activities which a reasonable person might consider are activities carried on for the benefit of the community in England.3“Community” includes a section of the community; and regulations may make provision about what does, does not or may constitute a section of the community.S. 150 partly in force; s. 150 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 170S. 150 in force at 1.4.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2008/2994, art. 3(2)(b)