These Regulations, made under sections 251C(3) and (4) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (“the Act”) as inserted by section 4 of the Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”), provide for the persons to be excluded from the definition of “relevant health or adult social care commissioner or provider” for the purposes of sections 251A, 251B and 251C of the Act.