{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012/section-251ZE",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012/section-251ZE.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/7",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012",
  "path": "section/251ZE",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "251ZE",
  "heading": "Accreditation of information technology etc",
  "text": "(1) Regulations may make provision for the establishment and operation of a scheme for the accreditation of information technology and IT services so far as used, or intended to be used, in connection with the provision in, or in relation to, England of health care or of adult social care.\n(2) The regulations may provide for the scheme to be established and operated by a person specified in the regulations (“the operator”).\n(3) The regulations may, among other things, confer power on the operator—\n(a) to establish the procedure for accreditation under the scheme,\n(b) to set the criteria for accreditation under the scheme (“the accreditation criteria”),\n(c) to keep an accreditation under the scheme under review, and\n(d) to charge a reasonable fee in respect of an application for accreditation.\n(4) The regulations may, among other things, make provision requiring the operator—\n(a) to set some or all of the accreditation criteria by reference to information standards,\n(b) to publish details of the scheme, including the accreditation criteria,\n(c) to provide for the review of a decision to refuse an application for accreditation, and\n(d) to provide advice to applicants for accreditation with a view to ensuring that the accreditation criteria are met.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 251ZB-251ZE and cross-heading inserted (19.6.2025 for specified purposes, 5.2.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), s. 142(1)(2)(h), Sch. 15 para. 8; S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(z15)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/251ZE",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:58.603352+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."
}