The Regulation and Improvement Authority (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Amendment of the Regulation and Improvement Authority (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

2.—(1) The principal regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs:

(2) In regulation 3 (Registration fees)—

(a) After paragraph (1) (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:

“(c) 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 which is a domiciliary care agency, a day care setting, a residential family centre or an adult placement agency shall be nil;

(b) After paragraph (2) (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:

“(c) in the case of an application referred to in paragraph (1)(c), nil”.

(c) After paragraph (3) (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:

“(c) in respect of a domiciliary care agency, a day care setting, a residential family centre or an adult placement agency, shall be nil”.

(3) In regulation 4 (Variation Fees)—

(a) After paragraph (1) (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:

“(c) in the case of a domiciliary care agency, a day care setting, a residential family centre or an adult placement agency, nil.”

(b) After paragraph (2) (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:

“(c) in the case of an application referred to in paragraph (1) (c), nil.”

(c) After paragraph (3) (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:

• “in the case of an application referred to in paragraph (1) (c), nil”

(4) In regulation 5 for the table there shall be substituted the following table—

Column (1)	Column (2)	Column (3)	Column (4)
Establishment, agency	Amount payable	Amount payable for each approved place	Annual fee due on
Residential Care Home; Nursing Home;		£46 £46	(a) in the case of an existing provider, the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under the 1992 Order or the 1995 Order and thereafter on that date;
Children’s Home.		£46	(b) in the case of a previously exempt provider, registered from 1st April 2005, in accordance with Articles 4 to 7 of the Commencement No. 3 Order, on the anniversary of that date and thereafter on that date; (c) in the case of a new provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the registration certificate was issued and thereafter on that date.
Nursing agency	£15	—	(a) in the case of an existing provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the licence was first issued under the 1971 Act and thereafter on the anniversary of that date; (b) in the case of a new provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the registration certificate is issued and thereafter on that date.
Independent Hospital		£46	(a) in the case of an existing provider, the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under the 1992 Order and thereafter on that date; (b) in the case of a new provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the registration certificate is issued and thereafter on that date.
Independent Clinic	£215	—	(a) in the case of an existing provider, the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under the 1992 Order and thereafter on that date; (c) in the case of a new provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the registration certificate is issued and thereafter on that date.
Independent Medical Agency	£215	—	on the anniversary of the date on which the registration certificate is issued and thereafter on that date
Domiciliary Care Agency	Nil	Nil
Day Care Setting	Nil	Nil
Residential Family Centre	Nil	Nil
Adult Placement Agency	Nil	Nil