Part 1The Care Quality Commission
Chapter 6Miscellaneous and General
Interaction with other authorities
I173Arrangements with Ministers
1
The Commission and a Minister of the Crown may make arrangements for the Commission to—
a
perform any of its functions in relation to a prescribed health scheme, or a prescribed social care scheme, for which the Minister has responsibility;
b
provide services or facilities insofar as they are required by the Minister in connection with such a scheme.
2
Arrangements under this section may be made on such terms and conditions as may be agreed between the parties to the arrangements.
3
Those terms and conditions may include provision with respect to the making of payments to the Commission in respect of the cost to it of giving effect to the arrangements.
4
In this section—
“health scheme” means a scheme which appears to the Secretary of State to be a health or medical scheme paid for out of public funds;
“social care scheme” means a scheme which appears to the Secretary of State to be a social care scheme paid for out of public funds.