Procedure
5(1)Where—
(a)a person applies for the registration of a children’s home; and
(b)the local authority propose to grant his application,
they shall give him written notice of their proposal and of the conditions (if any) subject to which they propose to grant his application.
(2)The authority need not give notice if they propose to grant the application subject only to conditions which—
(a)the applicant specified in the application; or
(b)the authority and the applicant have subsequently agreed.
(3)The authority shall give an applicant notice of a proposal to refuse his application.
(4)The authority shall give any person carrying on a registered children’s home notice of a proposal—
(a)to cancel the registration;
(b)to vary any condition for the time being in force with respect to the home by virtue of Part VIII; or
(c)to impose any additional condition.
(5)A notice under this paragraph shall give the local authority’s reasons for their proposal.