{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008/section-150",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008/section-150.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/14",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008",
  "path": "section/150",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "150",
  "heading": "Qualifying bodies",
  "text": "(1) A body is a qualifying body for the purposes of this group of sections if—\n(a) a reasonable person might consider that its activities are being carried on for the benefit of the community in England,\n(b) except in the case of a body of a prescribed kind, it satisfies prescribed conditions relating to the distribution of its profits,\n(c) it is carrying on a business, and\n(d) it satisfies such other conditions as may be prescribed.\n(2) Regulations may provide that—\n(a) a body may only be a qualifying body if it is of a prescribed kind;\n(b) activities of a prescribed description are to be treated as being, or as not being, activities which a reasonable person might consider are activities carried on for the benefit of the community in England.\n(3) “Community” includes a section of the community; and regulations may make provision about what does, does not or may constitute a section of the community.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 150 partly in force; s. 150 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 170"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 150 in force at 1.4.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2008/2994, art. 3(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/14/section/150",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:00.738432+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."
}