SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 E+W Further amendments relating to Part 1

Part 1 E+W Amendments of Care Standards Act 2000

Valid from 01/04/2009

24 E+W In section 29 of the 2000 Act (proceedings for offences)—

(a) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) Proceedings in respect of an offence under this Part or regulations made under it shall not, without the written consent of the Attorney General, be taken by any person other than the CIECSS or the Welsh Ministers.”,

(b) in subsection (2), for “a period of six months” substitute “ the permitted period ”, and

(c) after subsection (2) insert—

“(3) “The permitted period” means—

(a) in the case of proceedings brought by the Welsh Ministers, a period of 12 months;

(b) in any other case, a period of 6 months.”