163 Regulation of local authority functions relating to adult social care

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163  Regulation of local authority functions relating to adult social care

(1)     Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (quality of health and social care) is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 46 (reviews and performance assessments by the Care Quality Commission), in the heading, at the end insert “: registered service providers”.

(3)     After section 46 insert—

“46A Reviews and performance assessments: local authorities

(1)     The Commission must, in accordance with this section—

(a)     conduct reviews of the exercise of regulated care functions by English local authorities,

(b)     assess the performance of those authorities following each such review, and

(c)     publish a report of its assessment.

(2)     In this section “regulated care functions” means such functions under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014 (functions relating to

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