# The Health and Social Care Information Standards (Procedure) Regulations 2025, Regulation 6: Matters to include in published information standards


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 standard;
(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”);
(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 extent;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348270587/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-and-social-care-information-standards-procedure-regulations-2025/regulation-6
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