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<Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-b4d31984709af07de95082ab9c8b69f9"/>18</Pnumber>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>In the <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/14/contents" id="c00192" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2000" Number="14" SectionRef="contents">Care Standards Act 2000</Citation>, after section <InternalLink Ref="p03823">30ZL</InternalLink> (inserted by section <InternalLink Ref="section-17" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/17" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/17">17</InternalLink>) insert—</Text>
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<Pnumber>30ZM</Pnumber>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>The Secretary of State may impose a monetary penalty on a person if the Secretary of State is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the person has failed to comply with—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>any requirement imposed by or under section <InternalLink Ref="p03257">30ZE</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="p03402">30ZG</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="p03483">30ZH</InternalLink> or <InternalLink Ref="p03557">30ZI</InternalLink> (financial oversight);</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>any requirement imposed by or under regulations under section <InternalLink Ref="p03743">30ZK</InternalLink> or <InternalLink Ref="p03823">30ZL</InternalLink> (power to limit profits).</Text>
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<Text>See Schedule <InternalLink Ref="p03997">1A</InternalLink> for further provision about monetary penalties under this section.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>The Secretary of State may publish information about monetary penalties imposed under this section, including information identifying—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>the persons on whom penalties were imposed,</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>the dates they were imposed,</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>the grounds for imposing them, and</Text>
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<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
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<Text>their amounts.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>In section 14(1) (grounds for cancelling registration) in paragraph <InternalLink Ref="p03172">(ba)</InternalLink> (inserted by section <InternalLink Ref="section-15" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/15" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/15">15</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-15-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/15/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/15/3">(3)</InternalLink>) after “<InternalLink Ref="p03069">30ZC</InternalLink>” insert <InlineAmendment>“or <InternalLink Ref="p03898">30ZM</InternalLink>”</InlineAmendment>.</Text>
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