Residential Care Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1988
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1988/1192 |
| Year | 1988 |
1988 No. 1192
SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES
The Residential Care Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1988
Made 11th July 1988
Laid before Parliament 11th July 1988
Coming into force 1st August 1988
The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5(1), 8, 16(1) and (2) and 17(4) of the Registered Homes Act 19841and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Residential Care Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st August 1988.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Residential Care Homes Regulations 19842.
Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations
2. In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (fees on application for registration)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a) for the reference to “£100” there shall be substituted a reference to “£155”;
(b) in paragraph 1(b) for the reference to “£550” there shall be substituted a reference to “£570”;
(c) in paragraph (2) the words “if there are no substantial changes to be made to the home” shall be omitted and for the reference to “£350” there shall be substituted a reference to “£570”.
Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations
3. In regulation 5(1) of the principal Regulations (annual fee) for the reference to “£15” there shall be substituted a reference to “£28”.
Amendment of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations
4. In regulation 9 of the principal Regulations (conduct of homes) after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“4 The person registered shall ensure that corporal punishment is not used as a sanction in relation to any child in the home.”.
Amendment of regulation 18 of the principal Regulations
5. In regulation 18(1) of the principal Regulations (inspection of homes) for the word “once” there shall be substituted the word “twice”.
Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations
6. In paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 (Records to be kept in a home) of the principal...
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