{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/14",
  "legislation_title": "Care Standards Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Cancellation of registration.",
  "text": "(1) The registration authority may at any time cancel the registration of a person in respect of an establishment or agency—\n(a) on the ground that that person has been convicted of a relevant offence;\n(b) on the ground that any other person has been convicted of such an offence in relation to the establishment or agency;\n(ba) on the ground that a monetary penalty has been imposed on the person under section 30ZC or 30ZM;\n(c) on the ground that the establishment or agency is being, or has at any time been, carried on otherwise than in accordance with the relevant requirements;\n(ca) on the ground that—\n(i) a notice under section 22A relating to the establishment or agency has been served on that person or any other person; and\n(ii) the person on whom the notice was served has failed to take the steps specified in that notice within the period so specified;\n(d) on any ground specified by regulations.\n(2) For the purposes of this section the following are relevant offences—\n(a) an offence under this Part or regulations made under it;\n(b) an offence under the Registered Homes Act 1984 or regulations made under it;\n(c) an offence under the 1989 Act or regulations made under it;\n(d) an offence under regulations under section 1(3) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999;\n(e) an offence under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or regulations made under it;\n(f) an offence under Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 or regulations made under that Part;\n(g) an offence under Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016.\n(3) In this section “relevant requirements” means—\n(a) any requirements or conditions imposed by or under this Part; and\n(b) the requirements of any other enactment which appear to the registration authority to be relevant.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 14(1)(ba) inserted (15.7.2026) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 15(3), 78(5); S.I. 2026/803, reg. 3(d)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 14(1)(ba) inserted (15.7.2026) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 18(2), 78(5); S.I. 2026/803, reg. 3(f)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 14(1)(ca) inserted (1.4.2010 for E. and otherwise prosp.) by Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), ss. 26(1), 44; S.I. 2009/3354, art. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 14(2)(d)(e) substituted (30.12.2005) for s. 14(2)(d) by Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), ss. 139, 148, Sch. 3 para. 107 (with Sch. 4 paras. 6-8); S.I 2005/2213, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 14(2)(f) inserted (21.7.2008 for certain purposes and 1.10. 2010 otherwise) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 95, 170(1)(b), Sch. 5 para. 12; S.I. 2010/807, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with arts. 3-22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 14(2)(g) inserted (2.4.2018) by Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2), s. 188(1), Sch. 3 para. 7; S.I. 2017/1326, art. 2(3)(h), Sch. (with art. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1984 c. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 14 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2013) by The Residential Holiday Schemes for Disabled Children (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1394), reg. 1(1), Sch. 7 para. 4 (with reg. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 14(1) applied (with modifications) (8.8.2022) by The Care Standards Act 2000 (Extension of the Application of Part 2 to Supported Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/808), regs. 1(1), 3(2), Sch. (as amended (28.4.2023) by The Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/416), regs. 1(2), 40(3)(a) (with reg. 44))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 14(1)(d) applied (with modifications) (E.) (2.8.2004) by The Care Standards Act 2000 (Extension of the Application of Part 2 to Adult Placement Schemes) (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1972), regs. 2(2)(a), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 14(1)(d) applied (with modifications) (4.3.2013) by The Care Standards Act 2000 (Extension of the Application of Part 2 to Holiday Schemes for Disabled Children) (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/253), regs. 1(1), 2(1)(2)(c), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 14(1)(d) applied (with modifications) (31.3.2017) by The Care Standards Act 2000 (Extension of the Application of Part 2 to Private Dental Practices) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/200), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2017) by The Private Dentistry (Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/202), regs. 1, 39, Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 14 partly in force; s. 14 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 122; s. 14 in force for W. for certain purposes at 1.7.2001 by S.I. 2001/2190, art. 2, Sch. Table; s. 14 in force for E. for certain purposes at 20.11.2001 by S.I. 2001/3852, arts. 1(4), 3(2)(3)(a)(i) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions in Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2001/4150, 2002/1493, 2002/1790, 2002/2001, 2002/3210); s. 14 in force for E. in so far as not already in force at 1.4.2002 by S.I. 2001/3852, arts. 1(4), 3(2)(7)(a) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions in Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2001/4150, 2002/1493, 2002/1790, 2002/2001, 2002/3210); s. 14 in force for W. for certain purposes at 1.4.2002 by S.I. 2002/920, arts. 1(4), 3(3) (subject to art. 3(4)(5) and to transitional provisions in Schs. 1-3); s. 14 in force for W. for certain purposes at 30.1.2003 by S.I. 2003/152, art. 2; s. 14 in force for W. for certain purposes at 2.10.2003 by S.I. 2003/2528, art. 2; s. 14 in force for W. for certain purposes at 1.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/1015, art. 2; s. 14 in force for W. for certain purposes at 7.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/1730, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/14/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:05.049603+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."
}