{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-2008/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-2008/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/23",
  "legislation_title": "Children and Young Persons Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-2008",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Power of Chief Inspector where person is failing to comply with requirement relating to children's home etc.",
  "text": "(1) In section 14(1) of the 2000 Act (cancellation of registration) after paragraph (c) insert—\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(2) After section 22 of that Act insert—\n“Power of CIECSS to serve notice where person is failing to comply with regulations\n22A (1) This section applies if—\n(a) a person (“P”) is registered in respect of a relevant establishment or agency; and\n(b) the CIECSS is of the opinion that P is failing or has failed to comply with a requirement imposed on P in relation to that establishment or agency.\n(2) The CIECSS may serve a compliance notice on P.\n(3) A compliance notice is a notice which—\n(a) states that the CIECSS is of the opinion mentioned in subsection (1)(b);\n(b) specifies the requirement with which the CIECSS considers P is failing or has failed to comply;\n(c) specifies how the CIECSS considers that P is failing or has failed to comply with that requirement;\n(d) specifies the establishment or agency in relation to which the CIECSS considers P is failing or has failed to comply with that requirement;\n(e) specifies the steps the CIECSS considers need to be taken by P in relation to that establishment or agency to comply with that requirement or (as the case may be) to prevent a recurrence of the failure to comply with that requirement;\n(f) specifies a period for the taking of those steps; and\n(g) explains the effect of subsections (4) and (5).\n(4) Failing to take the steps specified in a compliance notice within the period so specified is an offence.\n(5) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(6) In this section—\n(a) a “relevant establishment or agency” means an establishment or agency in relation to which the functions of the registration authority under section 13 are exercisable by the CIECSS;\n(b) references to a “requirement” are references to a requirement imposed by regulations under—\n(i) section 22;\n(ii) section 9 of the Adoption Act 1976; or\n(iii) section 9 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 26 in force at 1.4.2010 for E. by S.I. 2009/3354, art. 3(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/23/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:46.193883+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."
}