{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000/section-20B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000/section-20B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/14",
  "legislation_title": "Care Standards Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000",
  "path": "section/20B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20B",
  "heading": "Urgent procedure for suspension or variation etc...",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies where—\n(a) a person is registered under this Part in respect of an establishment or agency ..., and\n(b) the registration authority has reasonable cause to believe that unless it acts under this section any person will or may be exposed to the risk of harm.\n(2) Where this subsection applies, the registration authority may, by giving notice in writing under this section to the person registered in respect of the establishment or agency, provide for any decision of the registration authority that is mentioned in subsection (3) to take effect from the time when the notice is given.\n(3) Those decisions are—\n(a) a decision under section 13(5) to vary or remove a condition for the time being in force in relation to the registration or to impose an additional condition;\n(b) a decision under section 14A to suspend the registration or extend the period of suspension.\n(4) The notice must—\n(a) state that it is given under this section,\n(b) state the registration authority's reasons for believing that the circumstances fall within subsection (1)(b),\n(c) specify the condition as varied, removed or imposed or the period (or extended period) of suspension, and\n(d) explain the right of appeal conferred by section 21.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 20A, 20B inserted (1.10.2010) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 95, 170(3), Sch. 5 para. 19; S.I. 2010/807, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with arts. 3-22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 20B(1)(a) omitted (13.5.2014) by virtue of Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 102(5)(a), 139(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 20B(1)(b) substituted (13.5.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 102(5)(b)(i), 139(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 20B(1)(b) substituted (13.5.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 102(5)(b)(ii), 139(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 20B(2) substituted (13.5.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 102(6), 139(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 20B(4)(b) substituted (13.5.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 102(7), 139(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in s. 20B heading omitted (13.5.2014) by virtue of Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 102(4), 139(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/14/section/20B",
    "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."
}