{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-homes-regulations-2001/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-homes-regulations-2001/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3965",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Homes Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-homes-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Statement of purpose",
  "text": "(1) The registered person shall compile in relation to the care home a written statement (in these Regulations referred to as “the statement of purpose”) which shall consist of—\n(a) a statement of the aims and objectives of the care home;\n(b) a statement as to the facilities and services which are to be provided by the registered person for service users; and\n(c) a statement as to the matters listed in Schedule 1.\n(2) The registered person shall supply a copy of the statement of purpose to the Commission and shall make a copy of it available on request for inspection by every service user and any representative of a service user.\n(3) Nothing in regulation 16(1) or 23(1) shall require or authorise the registered person to contravene, or not to comply with—\n(a) any other provision of these Regulations; or\n(b) the conditions for the time being in force in relation to the registration of the registered person under Part II of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3965/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:19:07.009064+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}