Regulation 4: Requirements where the service provider is an individual or partnership
Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2936)
Last verified by Verivius on 19 May 2026. Next review due 17 Aug 2026.
Plain British summary
If you are a sole trader or partnership running a regulated activity, you have to be fit to do it. That means good character, sound health (with reasonable adjustments), the right qualifications and competence, and being able to give CQC the information about you that Schedule 3 lists. Partnerships need every partner fit individually, plus the partnership as a whole having the combined skills to run the activity.
Full text on legislation.gov.uk. Treat quotes on this page as targeted excerpts, not as a substitute for the regulation.
Targeted verbatim quotes (5)
“P must not carry on a regulated activity unless P is fit to do so.”
Reg 4(2) (the headline duty)
“is of good character,”
Reg 4(4)(a) (good character)
“is able by reason of their health, after reasonable adjustments are made, of properly performing tasks which are intrinsic to the carrying on by P of the regulated activity, and”
Reg 4(4)(b) (health fitness)
“is able to supply to the Commission, or arrange for the availability of, information relating to themselves specified in Schedule 3.”
Reg 4(4)(c) (Schedule 3 supply)
“P has the necessary qualifications, competence, skills and experience to carry on the regulated activity.”
Reg 4(5) (qualifications + competence)
What Verivius does for you
Fit-and-proper-persons records via People + Documents
Not currently surfaced as a dedicated workflow. The People register holds the basic record for each individual; Schedule 3 personal records (DBS checks, qualifications, professional registrations, references) can be attached via the Documents register. A dedicated fit-and-proper-persons workflow with status tracking is a candidate for a future release.