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Regulation 6 Matters to include in published information standards

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The responsible authority must include the following in an information standard—

(a)

the title of the information standard;

(b)

the identity of the responsible authority and their contact details;

(c)

the date that the information standard takes effect;

(d)

the date of publication of the information standard;

(e)

a statement that the information standard must be complied with or had regard to (as the case may be);

(f)

the consequences, if any, of failure to comply with the information standardf1;

(g)

a statement that the Secretary of State may require a person to provide the Secretary of State with documents, records or other information for the purposes of monitoring the person’s compliance with the information standard (“monitoring purposes”)f2;

(h)

the consequences of failure to comply with a requirement to provide information for monitoring purposes or the provision of information in response to such a requirement that is false or misleading to a material extentf3;

(i)

information about any guidance issued by the responsible authority about implementation of the information standard;

(j)

any significant revisions made to the information standard since it was last published;

(k)

such other information as the responsible authority considers appropriate.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

For enforcement of information standards against persons other than public bodies, see section 277E of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Section 277E was inserted by section 100 of the Health and Care Act 2022.

f2

See section 251ZA of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 as to the Secretary of State’s power to require a person to provide the Secretary of State with documents, records or other information for the purposes of monitoring the person’s compliance with the information standards. Section 251ZA was inserted by section 95 of the Health and Care Act 2022. Section 251ZA came into force on 7th July 2025.

f3

For enforcement of the requirement to provide information for monitoring purposes against persons other than public bodies, or for providing information that is false or misleading to a material extent, see section 277E of the Health and Social Care 2012.