PART 2Inspection ratings

Appealing against inspection ratings

regulation 4 + 4.—(1) A relevant service provider may appeal to the Welsh Ministers against an inspection rating given where the conditions set out in paragraph (2) are met.

(2) The conditions are that—

regulation 4 2 a + (a)the relevant service provider has, within 10 working days beginning with the day on which it receives(1) a copy of an inspection report(2), notified the Welsh Ministers in writing that it is seeking a review of the inspection rating on the following grounds—

regulation 4 2 a i + (i)factual inaccuracy;

regulation 4 2 a ii + (ii)incomplete evidence,

regulation 4 2 b + (b)the relevant service provider has received the outcome of the Welsh Ministers’ review of the inspection rating,

regulation 4 2 c + (c)the relevant service provider has, within 5 working days beginning with the day on which it receives the outcome of the review, notified the Welsh Ministers in writing that it is seeking to appeal against the outcome of the review, and

regulation 4 2 d + (d)the appeal is made on the same grounds as those relied on to seek the review referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

(3) Where an appeal is made by a relevant service provider, the Welsh Ministers must—

regulation 4 3 a + (a)consider the appeal and confirm the final inspection rating by sending the relevant service provider a final inspection report;

regulation 4 3 b + (b)comply with the duty to publish the inspection report under section 36(3)(a) of the Act.