The Domiciliary Care Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2004

Notice of changes

28.  The registered person shall give notice in writing to the appropriate office of the National Assembly as soon as it is practicable to do so if —

(a)a person other than the registered person carries on or manages, or proposes to carry on or manage, the agency;

(b)a person ceases, or proposes to cease, to carry on or manage the agency;

(c)where a registered person is an individual, that individual changes, or proposes to change, his or her name;

(d)where the registered provider is an organisation —

(i)the name or address of the organisation is, or is proposed to be, changed,

(ii)there is, or is proposed to be, any change of director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the organisation,

(iii)there is, or is proposed to be, any change in the identity of the responsible individual, or

(iv)there is, or is proposed to be, a change of ownership of the organisation;

(e)where a registered provider is an individual, a trustee in bankruptcy for the individual is, or is likely to be, appointed or a composition or arrangement with the individual’s creditors is, or is to be, made;

(f)where a registered provider is a company, a receiver, manager, liquidator or provisional liquidator is, or is likely to be, appointed;

(g)where a registered provider is in a partnership whose business includes carrying on an agency, a receiver or manager is, or is likely to be, appointed for the partnership; or

(h)the agency premises are, or are proposed to be, significantly altered or extended, or additional premises are, or are proposed to be, acquired.