Providers of personal care (non-residential)2
1
Section 55 of the Act applies to a registered care provider5 who is not a local authority6 and who is registered in respect of the carrying on of the regulated activity set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2014 Regulations (personal care) where—
a
the number of hours of regulated care provided by the registered care provider in a week is 30,000 or more; or
b
the number of people to whom regulated care is provided by the registered care provider in a week is 2,000 or more; or
c
the number of—
i
people to whom regulated care is provided by the registered care provider in a week is 800 or more; and
ii
hours of regulated care provided by that provider in the same week divided by that number of people exceeds 30.
2
In this regulation, “regulated care” means care provided in connection with the carrying on of the regulated activity set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2014 Regulations (personal care).
3
For the purpose of this regulation, where a registered care provider is an undertaking—
a
the hours of regulated care provided by the provider include hours of regulated care provided by any group undertaking of the provider; and
b
the number of people to whom regulated care is provided by the provider includes people to whom regulated care is provided by any group undertaking of the provider.