# The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010, Regulation 27: Offences


(1) A failure to comply with any of the provisions of regulations 9 to 24 shall be an offence.
(2) The Commission may not bring proceedings in respect of a failure by a registered person to comply with any of those provisions unless—
(a) the alleged failure is one in respect of which the Commission has given a warning notice to the registered person under section 29 of the Act;
(b) that warning notice specified a time within which the registered person must take action to secure compliance pursuant to section 29(2)(c)(ii) of the Act; and
(c) the registered person did not secure compliance within the specified time.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000.
(4) In any proceedings for an offence under this regulation, it is a defence for the registered person to prove that they took all reasonable steps or exercised all due diligence to ensure that the provision in question was complied with.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491942/regulation/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-and-social-care-act-2008-regulated-activities-regulations-2010/regulation-27
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