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3.—(1) A services-provider must allow an authorised representative(1) to—
(a)enter and view, and
(b)observe the carrying-on of activities on,
premises that it owns or controls.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply—
(a)in respect of any premises, or parts of premises, if the presence of an authorised representative on those premises, or those parts of premises, would compromise—
(i)the effective provision of care services, or
(ii)the privacy or dignity of any person;
(b)if the authorised representative does not comply with regulation 5;
(c)in respect of excluded premises;
(d)to observing the carrying-on of excluded activities;
(e)to entering and viewing premises, or parts of premises, for the purpose of observing the carrying-on of excluded activities;
(f)in respect of any premises, or parts of premises, at any time when care services are not being provided on those premises or those parts of premises;
(g)if, in the opinion of the services-provider, the authorised representative in seeking to enter and view, and observe the carrying-on of activities on, the premises that the services-provider owns or controls is not acting reasonably and proportionately;
(h)if an authorised representative does not provide the services-provider with evidence that the representative is authorised in accordance with regulation 4.
(3) Where any premises, or parts of premises, are owned by a services-provider and controlled by another services-provider, then for the purpose of this regulation the services-provider who owns those premises, or parts of premises, is to be treated as not being a services-provider.
See section 225(5) of the Act for the definition of authorised representative.
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