2000 No. 67
RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS

The Registered Establishments (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2000

Made
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 64A(3), 90(3) and 94(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 19681, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Registered Establishments (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

Interpretation2.

In this Order, “the Act” means the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.

Maximum level of fees3.

The maximum fees which may be imposed by local authorities in respect of the matters specified in section 64A(1) of the Act shall be those listed in column (1) of the table below in relation to the corresponding item (a)-(d) (the fees shown in column (2) are the previous maximums2):

Table

(1)

(2)

new fees

previous fees

(a)

for an application for registration

£1,685

£1,350

(b)

for annual continuation of registration, a fee determined by reference to the maximum number of persons specified in the certificate of registration

£65 per person

£40 per person

(c)

for an application by the person registered for variation of conditions of registration

£373

£318

(d)

for issuing a new certificate of registration following a change in information

£18

£15

Times at which fees are to be charged4.

The fees referred to in article 3 above shall be payable at the following times:

(a)

for an application for registration, on application for registration;

(b)

for annual continuation of a registration–

(i)

in respect of establishments registered after 17th October 1988 (the date of the coming into force of section 64A of the Act3), on the anniversary of first registration and annually thereafter, and

(ii)

in respect of establishments already registered prior to 17th October 1988, on 17th October in each year;

(c)

for an application by the person registered for variation of conditions, on application for the variation; and

(d)

for issuing a new certificate of registration following a change in information, on the issue of the certificate.

Revocation5.

The Registered Establishments (Fees) (Scotland) Order 19954 is hereby revoked.
IAIN GRAY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Registered Establishments (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/749) and re-enacts its provisions with amendments.

The amendments increase by approximately 17-25% as from 1st April 2000 the maximum levels for the fees chargeable by local authorities to applicants for registration, variation of conditions of registration, and for issuing a new certificate of registration under Part IV of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (“the 1968 Act”).

The maximum level of fee chargeable by local authorities for the annual continuation of registration under Part IV of the 1968 Act has been increased to the same level as the annual continuation fee for nursing homes. The provisions as to times at which fees are to be charged are re-enacted without amendment.