Under the Health and Care Act 2008, (section 20), the Secretary of State has a duty and power to make regulations imposing requirements in relation to "regulated activities". These are certain health and social care activities which, in England, a provider (the "registered person") has to be registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide.
	The Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009 (S.I.2009/3112) require CQC to be notified of specified changes and events. Under regulation 18 (notification of other incidents) the registered person must notify CQC of certain other incidents which occur when carrying out regulated activities, including the placement of a child or young person under the age of eighteen in an adult psychiatric unit, where that placement has lasted for longer than a continuous period of 48 hours.
	Section 52 places a statutory duty on Secretary of State to review whether regulation 18 of the above regulations (duty to notify incidents) ought to be extended to require notifications to CQC in any other cases where a child is an inpatient in a hospital or registered establishment and is being treated for, or being assessed in relation to, mental disorder.
	The review is also look at whether the 48-hour time period before a notification is to be made to the CQC where a child is placed in an adult psychiatric unit, in regulation 18(2)(h), remains appropriate.
	Subsections (2), (3) and (4) set out that the Secretary of State is required to publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review and lay a copy of that report before Parliament within 2 years of the Act receiving Royal Assent.
	The purpose of review is to ensure that where a child is admitted to a hospital (or registered establishment as defined in the Mental Health Act 1983), for treatment for, or assessment in relation to, mental disorder, notifications are made to the CQC in appropriate circumstances. The review will determine what, if any, other, cases are to be notified so that the CQC is aware and can take any appropriate action.
Miscellaneous Section 52: Review of duty to notify incidents