s 22A Power of CIECSS to serve notice where person is failing to comply with regulations
(1) This section applies if— (a) a person (“P”) is registered in respect of a relevant establishment or agency; and (b) the CIECSS is of the opinion that P is failing or has failed to comply with a requirement imposed on P in relation to that establishment or agency. (2) The CIECSS may serve a compliance notice on P. (3) A compliance notice is a notice which— (a) states that the CIECSS is of the opinion mentioned in subsection (1)(b); (b) specifies the requirement with which the CIECSS considers P is failing or has failed to comply; (c) specifies how the CIECSS considers that P is failing or has failed to comply with that requirement; (d) specifies the establishment or agency in relation to which the CIECSS considers P is failing or has failed to comply with that requirement; (e) specifies the steps the CIECSS considers need to be taken by P in relation to that establishment or agency to comply with that requirement or (as the case may be) to prevent a recurrence of the failure to comply with that requirement; (f) specifies a period for the taking of those steps; and (g) explains the effect of subsections (4) and (5). (4) Failing to take the steps specified in a compliance notice within the period so specified is an offence. (5) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. (6) In this section— (a) a “ relevant establishment or agency ” means an establishment or agency in relation to which the functions of the registration authority under section 13 are exercisable by the CIECSS ; (b) references to a “requirement” are references to a requirement imposed by regulations under— (i) section 22; (ii) section 9 of the Adoption Act 1976; or (iii) section 9 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.