Section 52 — Review of duty to notify incidents
Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
This version in force from 2026-04-06
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) The Secretary of State must carry out a review into—
(a) whether regulation 18 of the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009 (S.I.2009/3112) (duty to notify incidents) ought to be extended to require a notification to be given in any other cases in which a person under the age of 18 is admitted to a hospital or registered establishment for medical treatment for, or assessment in relation to, mental disorder, and
(b) whether the time period mentioned in regulation 18(2)(h) of those Regulations remains appropriate.
(2) The Secretary of State must prepare and publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.
(3) The Secretary of State must lay a copy of the report before Parliament.
(4) The report must be laid and published before the end of the period of 2 years beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.
(5) In this section the following expressions have the meaning given by section 145 of the Mental Health Act 1983— “hospital”; “medical treatment”; “mental disorder”; “registered establishment”.