(1)A service provider must apply to the Welsh Ministers for a variation of the provider’s registration if—
(a)the provider wants to—
(i)provide a regulated service which the provider is not already registered to provide,
(ii)provide a regulated service at, from or in relation to a place which is not already specified in the provider’s registration in relation to that service,
(iii)cease to provide a regulated service, or
(iv)cease to provide a regulated service at, from or in relation to a place;
(b)the provider wants a condition imposed under section 7(3)(b), 12(2) or 13(1) to be varied or removed;
(c)the provider wants to designate a different responsible individual in respect of a place or is required to designate a responsible individual because there is no such individual designated in respect of a place at, from or in relation to which the provider provides a regulated service.
(2)The Welsh Ministers must by regulations prescribe a time limit within which an application for variation of a provider’s registration must be made in circumstances where there is no responsible individual designated in respect of a place at, from or in relation to which the provider provides a regulated service.
(3)An application under subsection (1) must—
(a)contain—
(i)details of the variation sought by the provider,
(ii)in the case of an application under subsection (1)(a)(i) to provide a domiciliary support service, the undertaking set out in section 8, and
(iii)such other information as may be prescribed;
(b)be in the prescribed form.