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Relevant person

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CQC Glossary of terms used in the guidance for providers and managers

Care Quality Commission

In Regulation 20, "relevant person" means the person using the service or, in the following circumstances, a person lawfully acting on their behalf:
- When the person using the service dies.
- Where the person using a service is under 16 and not competent to make a decision in relation to their care or treatment, or
- Where the person using the service is 16 or over and lacks capacity to make decisions.

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