The Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009

PART 6COMPLIANCE, GUIDANCE AND OFFENCES

Compliance with regulations

23.  Where there is more than one registered person in respect of a regulated activity, or in respect of that activity as carried on at or from particular premises, anything which is required under these Regulations to be done by the registered person shall, if done by one of the registered persons, not be required to be done by any of the other registered persons.

Guidance

24.—(1) For the purposes of compliance with the requirements set out in these Regulations, the registered person must have regard to guidance issued by the Commission in relation to the requirements set out in Part 4 of these Regulations.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “guidance” means the guidance referred to in section 23 of the Act.

Offences

25.—(1) A contravention of, or failure to comply with, any of the provisions of regulations 12 and 14 to 20 shall be an offence.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.