PART 4Compliance and Offences
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1
It is an offence for a registered person to fail to comply with any of the requirements in the following regulations, as read with regulation 8—
a
regulation 11,
b
regulation 16(3), F1...
c
regulation 17(3).
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regulation 20(2)(a) and (3), or
e
regulation 20A.
2
A registered person commits an offence if the registered person fails to comply with a requirement of regulation 12, 13(1) to (4) or 14, as read with regulation 8, and such failure results in—
a
avoidable harm (whether of a physical or psychological nature) to a service user,
b
a service user being exposed to a significant risk of such harm occurring, or
c
in a case of theft, misuse or misappropriation of money or property, any loss by a service user of the money or property concerned.
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4
But it is a defence for a registered personF4... to prove that they took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to prevent the breach of any of those regulations that has occurred.