{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-quality-commission-registration-regulations-2009/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-quality-commission-registration-regulations-2009/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3112",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-quality-commission-registration-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Fees etc.",
  "text": "(1) Where a service user will be responsible for paying the costs of their care or treatment (either in full or partially), the registered person must provide a statement to the service user, or to a person acting on the service user’s behalf—\n(a) specifying the terms and conditions in respect of the services to be provided to the service user, including as to the amount and method of payment of fees; and\n(b) including, where applicable, the form of contract for the provision of services by the service provider.\n(2) The statement referred to in paragraph (1) must be—\n(a) in writing; and\n(b) as far as reasonably practicable, provided prior to the commencement of the services to which the statement relates.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 19 in force at 1.4.2010, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3112/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:00:32.268733+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."
}