Part 1The Care Quality Commission

Chapter 2Registration in respect of provision of health or social care

Registration of persons carrying on regulated activities

10Requirement to register as a service provider

(1)

Any person who carries on a regulated activity without being registered under this Chapter in respect of the carrying on of that activity is guilty of an offence.

(2)

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the purposes of this Chapter for determining, in relation to a regulated activity carried on by two or more persons acting in different capacities, which of those persons is to be regarded as the person who carries on the activity.

(3)

In the following provisions of this Part, the registration of a person under this Chapter in respect of the carrying on of a regulated activity by that person is referred to as registration “as a service provider” in respect of that activity.

(4)

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to F1a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding F2the general limit in a magistrates’ court, or to both;

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both.

(5)

In relation to an offence committed before F32 May 2022, the reference in subsection (4)(a) to F4the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to 6 months.