The Domiciliary Care Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2004

Amendment of the Registration of Social Care and Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2002

33.—(1) The Registration of Social Care and Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2002(1) are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 2(1) —

(a) at the appropriate place, insert —

““domiciliary care agency” has the same meaning as in the Act but subject to the exceptions in regulation 3(1) of the Domiciliary Care Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2004”;

(b) in the definition of “appropriate office”, after paragraph (g) insert —

“(h) in relation to a domiciliary care agency —

(i) if an office has been specified under regulation 32 of the Domiciliary Care Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2004 for the area in which the agency premises are situated, that office;

(ii) in any other case, any office of the National Assembly.”;

(c) in the definition of “statement of purpose” insert —

“(i) in relation to a domiciliary care agency, the written statement required to be compiled in relation to the agency in accordance with regulation 4 of the Domiciliary Care Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2004;”.

(3) In regulation 9 —

(a) in paragraph (e), after “section 4(8)(a)” insert “or (9)(a)”;

(b) after paragraph (i) insert —

“(j) where the establishment or agency is being carried on by an individual in partnership with others, the names and addresses of all the partners.”.

(4) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1, insert —

“(g) if he or she intends to carry on a domiciliary care agency in partnership with others, the information specified in the preceding sub-paragraphs of this paragraph in relation to each partner of the firm and the name and address of the partnership.”.

(1)

S.I. 2002/919 (W.107) as amended by S.I. 2003/710 (W.86) and 2003/2517 (W.242).