Explanatory note

Section 55(1) of the Care Act 2014 (c.23) imposes a duty on the Care Quality Commission to assess the financial sustainability of a registered care provider subject to the market oversight regime. These Regulations make provision for the Commission to obtain information from persons other than the registered care provider to assist it in making this assessment.

Regulation 2 provides that the Commission may require a registered care provider to obtain from a group undertaking, a legally enforceable undertaking to provide information. Regulations 3 to 5 make further provision in relation to the information undertaking.

A separate impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations. These Regulations are part of a package of legislative measures and the relevant impact assessment can be requested via [email protected] or the Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS and is available online at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health.