Care Standards Act 2000
2000 CHAPTER 14
Commentary on Sections
Part Ii Establishments and Agencies
Regulations and standards
Section 23 National minimum standards
95.Section 23 provides for the appropriate Minister to prepare and publish national minimum standards applicable to establishments and agencies. These will specify the standards applicable to the services and which, as subsection (4) makes clear, must be taken into account by a registration authority when making any decision, or in any proceedings for an offence under regulations under Part II. The standards may include parts of the GSCC codes of conduct and practice for employers of social care staff (see note to section 62).
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