Registered Homes (Amendment) Act 1991
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | 1991 c. 20 |
Year | 1991 |
(1) Part I of the Registered Homes Act 1984 (residential care homes) is amended as follows. (2) In section 1 (requirement of registration) , for subsection (4) (exemption for small homes) substitute—“ a home other than a small home ” .In the case of an application for registration in respect of a small home, the registration authority may waive the whole or part of the registration fee; and in such a case the references in subsections (1) and (2) above to the registration fee shall be construed as references to such registration fee (if any) as may be payable.(5) In section 8 (annual fee for registration) , make the present provision subsection (1) and after it insert—
- “(4) Registration under this Part of this Act is not required in respect of a small home—
- (a) if the only persons for whom it provides or is intended to provide residential accommodation with both board and personal care are persons carrying on or intending to carry on the home or employed or intended to be employed there or their relatives, or
- (b) in such other cases as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State.
- “(1) A person who—
- (a) is required to be registered under this Part in respect of a small home, and
- (b) is registered under Part II of this Act in respect of the same premises, may apply to be registered under this Part as if the home were not a small home.
- “(2A) In the case of an application for registration in respect of a small home, the registration authority may waive the whole or part of the registration fee; and in such a case the references in subsections (1) and (2) above to the registration fee shall be construed as references to such registration fee (if any) as may be payable.
- “(2) In the case of registration in respect of a small home, the registration authority may waive the whole or part of the annual fee; and in such a case the reference in section 10(b) below to the annual fee shall be construed as a reference to such annual fee (if any) as may be payable.
- “(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations require a person registered under this Part in respect of a small home to make an annual return to the registration authority.
- (2) Provision may be made by the regulations as to the contents of the return and the period in respect of which and date by which it is to be made.
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