The Mental Health Act, 2001, will require the new inspector of mental health services to carry out an annual review of all mental health services, including community residences and day centres as well as acute in-patient facilities. A registrar of approved centres, in which each hospital or in-patient facility providing psychiatric care and treatment must be registered, will be maintained by the Mental Health Commission. Regulations will be made specifying the standards to be maintained in all approved centres, including requirements in relation to food and accommodation, care and welfare of patients, suitability of staff and the keeping of records. The execution and enforcement of these regulations will be the responsibility of the commission, through the work of the new inspector of mental health services.