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UK Law Reference
All sections of Health and Care Act 2022
2022 c. 31, s.165

Section 165 — Care Quality Commission’s powers in relation to local authority failings

Extent: E+W

This version in force from 2023-04-01

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) The Health and Social Care Act 2008 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 48 (special reviews and investigations), in subsection (6) omit “or (3)”.

(3) In section 50 (failings by English local authorities)—

(a) in subsection (2), in the words before paragraph (a), omit “subject to subsection (3)”;

(b) for subsections (3) and (4) substitute— (3A) Nothing in subsection (2) prevents a report published under section 46(1)(c), 46A(1)(c), 46B(1)(c) or 48(4) from specifying respects in which the Commission considers a local authority to be failing and making recommendations to the local authority for addressing the failure.