{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-quality-commission-membership-regulations-2008/regulation-5/enacted",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-quality-commission-membership-regulations-2008/regulation-5/enacted.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2252",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Quality Commission (Membership) Regulations 2008 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-quality-commission-membership-regulations-2008/enacted",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Cessation of disqualification",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person who is disqualified under paragraph 5 or 14 of the Schedule may, after the expiry of the period of two years beginning on the date of the dismissal or removal, apply in writing to the Secretary of State to remove the disqualification, and the Secretary of State may direct that the disqualification shall cease.\n(2) Where the Secretary of State refuses an application to remove a disqualification, no further application may be made by that person until the expiry of the period of two years beginning with the date of the application, and this paragraph shall apply to any subsequent application.\n(3) Where a person is disqualified under paragraphs 15 to 19 of the Schedule, the disqualification shall cease on the expiry of—\n(a) the period of two years beginning on the date of the termination or cessation of or disqualification from office referred to in those paragraphs; or\n(b) such longer period as the Secretary of State specifies when terminating that person’s period of office,\nbut, where application is made to the Secretary of State by that person, the Secretary of State may reduce the period of disqualification.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "enacted",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2252/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:35:08.613029+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."
}