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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-application-of-tupe-regulations-2009/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3246",
  "legislation_title": "The Quality Contracts Schemes (Application of TUPE) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-application-of-tupe-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Obligation on relevant operator in receipt of request for information",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a relevant operator must respond to a request for information made in accordance with regulation 5 or 6 within the period which applies by virtue of regulation 5(3)(a), 5(5)(b) or, as the case may be, 6(3)(a).\n(2) Paragraph (3) applies where an authority or authorities make a request for information by virtue of regulation 5 or 6 and either—\n(a) the operator does not have any or all of the information requested, and is unable to obtain the information at a reasonable cost; or\n(b) the operator is unable, by virtue of the prohibition contained in paragraph (6)(b), to respond to the request.\n(3) In either of the circumstances described in paragraph (2)—\n(a) the operator must, within 14 days beginning with the date on which the request is received, give notice in writing to the authority or authorities that the operator is unable to respond to the request, explaining why it is not possible to provide any or all of the information requested;\n(b) the obligation imposed by virtue of paragraph (1) no longer applies to the operator in respect of any of the information in relation to which the operator has given notice under sub-paragraph (a).\n(4) If, having received notice by virtue of paragraph (3)(a), the authority or authorities issue a revised request for information—\n(a) this regulation applies to the revised request as if it had been a request made by virtue of regulation 5 or 6; and\n(b) the revised request must specify the date by which the relevant operator is to respond to the request, which—\n(i) must be not less than 42 days beginning with the date on which the revised request is received by the operator; or\n(ii) must be, in a case where either of the circumstances described in paragraph (2) applied to the request made by virtue of regulation 5 or 6, but the operator failed to inform the authority or authorities of that fact within the period specified in paragraph (3)(a), not less than 42 days beginning with the date on which the period specified in paragraph (3)(a) expired.\n(5) The obligation on a relevant operator to provide information about the identity of appropriate representatives in response to a request made by virtue of regulation 5 or 6 includes an obligation to provide revised information to the authority or authorities if that information changes after the response is provided in accordance with paragraph (1) and before the scheme or (in the case of a scheme which provides for different provisions to come into operation on different dates) the relevant provision of the scheme comes into force.\n(6) In responding to a request for information made by virtue of regulation 5 or 6 a relevant operator—\n(a) must take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that the information provided is complete and accurate; and\n(b) must not disclose personal data, except to the extent necessary in order to satisfy a request for information about the identity of appropriate representatives.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3246/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:59:01.586523+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."
}