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The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, Section 22 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 19 October 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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22.—(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).
[F2(d)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.
F3(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 22(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/64), regs. 1, 12(2)(a)
F2Reg. 22(1)(d)(e) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/64), regs. 1, 12(2)(b)
F3Reg. 22(3) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/64), regs. 1, 12(3)
F4Words in reg. 22(4) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/64), regs. 1, 12(4)
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