These Regulations prescribe the fees that are to be paid to the Health and Personal Social Services Regulation and Improvement Authority by establishments and agencies regulated from 1st April 2005 under Part III of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (Residential Care Homes, Nursing Homes, Childrens Homes, Independent Hospitals and Clinics and Nursing Agencies). The fees are payable –
on an application for registration in respect of an establishment or agency (regulation 3); and
on an application for the variation or removal of any condition for the time being in force in relation to the registration (regulation 4).
These fees are largely based upon charges currently applied prior to 1st April 2005 to certain establishments and agencies, although there are variations. The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety intends to review these fees within the first year of the operation of HPSSRIA.
In addition, regulation 5 prescribes the annual fee that is to be paid in respect of certain establishments and agencies. Regulation 6 prescribes the frequency of inspections of premises used for the purposes of certain establishments and agencies.