{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/independent-health-care-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/independent-health-care-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2011/734",
  "legislation_title": "The Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/independent-health-care-wales-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Fitness of manager",
  "text": "(1) A person must not manage an establishment or agency unless the person is fit to do so.\n(2) A person is not fit to manage an establishment or agency unless—\n(a) the person is of suitable integrity and good character to manage the establishment or agency;\n(b) having regard to the size of the establishment or agency, the statement of purpose and the number and needs of the patients—\n(i) the person has the qualifications, skills and experience necessary to manage the establishment or agency; and\n(ii) the person is physically and mentally fit to do so; and\n(c) full and satisfactory information or documentation, as the case may be, is available in relation to the person in respect of each of the matters specified in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 to 8 of Schedule 2.\n(3) Where a person manages more than one establishment or agency he or she must spend sufficient time at each establishment or agency to ensure that the establishment or agency is managed effectively.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 12 in force at 5.4.2011, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/734/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:51:10.955714+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."
}