Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14)

Part 1 U.K. The Care Quality Commission

Chapter 2 E+W Registration in respect of provision of health or social care

Information to be available to public E+W

38 Provision of copies of registers E+W

(1) Subject to subsection (3), the Commission must secure that copies of any register kept for the purposes of this Chapter are available at its offices for inspection at all reasonable times by any person.

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), any person who asks the Commission for a copy of, or an extract from, a register kept for the purposes of this Chapter is entitled to have one.

(3) Regulations may provide that subsections (1) and (2) do not apply—

(a) in such circumstances as may be prescribed, or

(b) to such parts of a register as may be prescribed.

(4) A fee determined by the Commission is payable for the copy or extract except—

(a) in prescribed circumstances, or

(b) in any case where the Commission considers it appropriate to provide the copy or extract free of charge.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 38 partly in force; S. 38 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 170