PART 4SOCIAL CARE WORKERS

Dealing with applications for registration or renewal

89Notice of decisions in respect of registration or renewal

(1)

Subsection (2) applies where the registrar decides to—

(a)

grant an application for registration, or

(b)

grant an application for renewal of registration.

(2)

The registrar must give the person to whom the application relates notice of the decision.

(3)

Subsection (4) applies where the registrar decides to—

(a)

refuse an application for registration, or

(b)

refuse an application for renewal of a person's registration.

(4)

The registrar must give the person to whom the decision relates notice—

(a)

of the decision,

(b)

of the reasons for the decision, and

(c)

of the right of appeal under section 101.

F1(5)

Where an application for registration under section 82 has been submitted by a specified state applicant, the registrar must give notice of the decision under subsection (2) or (4) to the person to whom the application relates no later than four months after the date on which the complete application was submitted.

(6)

Where the registrar fails to give notice of a decision within the time period specified in subsection (5), that failure is to be treated for the purposes of Parts 3, 4 and 8 as a decision of the registrar.