2002 No. 112
SOCIAL CARE
The Regulation of Care (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2002
Made 8th March 2002
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 8th March 2002
Coming into force 1st April 2002

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 24(1) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting such persons or groups of persons as they consider appropriate in accordance with that section, hereby make the following Order:
2001 asp 8. See section 77 for the definition of “prescribed”.

1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Care (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
2 In this Order–
“the Act” means the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001;
“other day care of children” means day care of children which is not small day care of children;
“other support service” means a support service which is not a small support service;
“small day care of children” means day care of children which does not employ more than three persons to provide and manage the service;
“small support service” means a support service which does not employ more than three persons to provide and manage the service, and
where a fee is expressed to be payable “per place”, the total fee payable in respect of a particular care service shall be the sum shown multiplied by the maximum number of persons to whom the care service may be provided in accordance with any condition for the time being in force in relation to registration of that care service under the Act.

2 Maximum fees
For each of the care services listed in column 1 of the Schedule, the maximum fee which may be imposed by the Commission in respect of–
(a) any application for registration under Part 1 or Part 2 of the Act is that shown in column 2 of the Schedule;
(b) the annual continuation of such registration is that shown in column 3 of the Schedule;
(c) any application made for the variation or removal of a condition for the time being in force in relation to any such registration is that shown in column 4 of the Schedule; and
(d) any application for cancellation of any such registration is that shown in column 5 of the Schedule.

3 Fees for new certificates
For each of the care services listed in column 1 of the Schedule, the maximum fee which may be imposed by the Commission in respect of issuing a new certificate of registration under section 24(2)(d) of the Act is £66.
MALCOLM CHISHOLM A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 8th March 2002
SCHEDULE
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Care service	Application for registration	Annual continuation	Variation or removal of condition	Cancellation of registration
Small support service	£450	£225	£112	£112
Other support service	£900	£450	£225	£225
Care home service	£2,040	£85 per place	£510	£510
School care accommodation service	£2,040	£85 per place	£510	£510
Independent health care service	£2,040	£85 per place	£510	£510
Nurse agency	£500	£250	£125	£125
Child care agency	£15	£12	£3	£3
Secure accommodation service	£3,170	£130 per place	£792	£792
Offender accommodation service	£2,040	£85 per place	£510	£510
Child minding	£15	£12	£3	£3
Small day care of children	£15	£12	£3	£3
Other day care of children	£133	£103	£33	£33
Regulation 2

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prescribes the maximum fees which may be imposed by the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care in respect of applications for registration or for cancellation of registration of a care service, the annual continuation of any such registration, and applications for variation or removal of a condition of registration under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001. It also prescribes the maximum fee for issuing a new certificate of registration.
The maximum fees are set out in the Schedule.