Part 2Health and Social Care Professions etc.
The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care
F125IFunctions of the Authority in relation to accredited voluntary registers
(1)
The Authority has the following functions—
(a)
to promote the interests of users of health care, users of social care in England F2... and other members of the public in relation to the performance of voluntary registration functions,
(b)
to promote best practice in the performance of voluntary registration functions, and
(c)
to formulate principles of good governance in the performance of voluntary registration functions and to encourage persons who maintain or operate accredited voluntary registers to conform to those principles.
(2)
In this section—
(a)
a reference to the performance of voluntary registration functions is a reference to the maintenance or operation of an accredited voluntary register, and
(b)
“accredited voluntary register” means a register accredited under section 25G”.