PART IIFEES
Registration fees3
1
For the purposes of Article 13(2) of the Order, and, subject to paragraph (2), the fee to accompany –
a
an application by a person seeking to be registered under Part III of the Order as a person who carries on an establishment or agency, other than a nursing agency, shall be £952;
b
an application by a person seeking to be registered under Part III of the Order as a person who carries on a nursing agency, shall be £30;
2
Where the establishment is a small establishment or the agency is a small agency the fee shall be –
a
in the case of an application referred to in paragraph (1)(a), £261; and
b
in the case of an application referred to in paragraph (1)(b), £30 .
3
For the purposes of Article 13(2) of the Order the fee to accompany an application by a person seeking to be registered under Part III of the Order as a person who manages an establishment or agency other than a small establishment or a small agency –
a
in respect of an establishment or agency other than a nursing agency, shall be £261;
b
in respect of a nursing agency, shall be £30.
Variation fees4
1
For the purposes of Article 16(3) of the Order, the fee to accompany an application by the registered provider under Article 16(1)(a) of the Order (“the variation fee”) shall, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), be –
a
in respect of an establishment or agency other than a nursing agency, £100;
b
in respect of a nursing agency, £15.
2
Where the establishment is a small establishment or the agency is a small agency the fee shall be –
a
in the case of an application referred to in paragraph (1)(a), £50;
b
in the case of an application referred to in paragraph (1)(b), £5.
3
In a case where the variation of a condition is a minor variation, the variation fee shall be –
a
in the case of an application referred to in paragraph (1)(a), £25; and
b
in the case of an application referred to in paragraph (1)(b), £5.
4
For the purposes of paragraph (3) a “minor variation” is a variation which, in the opinion of the Regulation and Improvement Authority, if the application for the variation of the condition were granted, would involve no material alteration in the register kept by the Registration and Improvement Authority in accordance with regulations made under article 12(3) of the Order.
Annual fees5
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), the registered provider, in respect of an establishment or agency, specified in column (1) of the Table below shall pay an annual fee and –
a
the amount of the annual fee shall be –
i
in a case where no amount is specified in column (3) the amount specified in column (2);
ii
in any other case, the sum of the amount specified in column (2) and the amounts specified in column (3), multiplied by the number of approved places specified in respect of each column; and
b
shall be payable for the year beginning 1st April 2005 and subsequent years in accordance with column (4).
Column (1) | Column (2) | Column (3) | Column (4) |
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Establishment, agency | Flat rate payable in all cases | Rate payable for each approved place | Annual fee due on |
Residential Care Home; Nursing Home; Children’s Home. | £952 | £46 |
|
Nursing agency | £15 |
| |
Independent Hospital | £952 | £46 |
|
Independent Clinic | £952 | – |
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2Small Establishments
In the case of a residential care home, or nursing home which is a small establishment, the annual fee shall be £34.
3Small Nursing Agencies
In the case of a nursing agency which is a small agency, the annual fee payable shall be £15.