England

5Duty to consider potential application of scheme

1

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring any body or other person mentioned in subsection (2)—

a

to consider, in such circumstances as the regulations may provide, whether a case that the body or other person is investigating or reviewing involves liability to which a scheme applies, and

b

if it appears that it does, to take such steps as the regulations may provide.

2

The bodies and other persons referred to are—

a

any body or other person to whose liability a scheme applies, and

F1b

the Care Quality Commission.