SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Interaction with other authorities
Part 2Exercise of functions
Inspection programmes and inspection frameworks
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1
The Commission must from time to time, or at such times as the Secretary of State may specify by order, prepare—
a
a document setting out what inspections it proposes to carry out (an “inspection programme”), and
b
a document setting out the manner in which it proposes to exercise its functions of inspecting and reporting (an “inspection framework”).
2
Before preparing an inspection programme or an inspection framework the Commission must consult—
a
the Secretary of State,
b
the inspection authorities, and
c
any other person or body specified by an order made by the Secretary of State,
and it must send to each of those persons or bodies a copy of each programme or framework once it is prepared.
3
The Secretary of State may by order specify the form that inspection programmes or inspection frameworks are to take.
4
The Commission may determine that any document or combination of documents prepared for the purposes of any other enactment or enactments is to be treated as a document prepared for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) (so long as any requirements applying under or by virtue of this paragraph are complied with in relation to the document or documents concerned).
5
Nothing in any inspection programme or inspection framework is to be read as preventing the Commission from making visits without notice.