The Care Standards Act 2000 (Registration)(England) Regulations 2010

PART 1

Information about the applicant

1.  Where the applicant is an individual—

(a) the responsible person’s full name, date of birth, current address and telephone number;

(b) where applicable, any other addresses the responsible person has lived at within five years of the date of making the application;

(c) details of the responsible person’s professional or technical qualifications and experience of carrying on an establishment or agency, so far as such qualifications and experience are relevant to providing services for persons to whom services are to be provided at the establishment or by the agency;

(d) details of the responsible person’s employment history, including the name and address of their present employer and of any previous employers;

(e) details of any business the responsible person carries on or has carried on;

(f) the name and addresses of two referees—

(i) who are not relatives of the responsible person;

(ii) each of whom is able to provide a reference as to the responsible person’s competence to carry on an establishment or agency of the same description as the establishment or agency; and

(iii) one of whom has employed the responsible person for a period of at least 3 months,

but the requirement for the name and address of a referee who has employed the responsible person for a period of at least 3 months shall not apply where it is impracticable to obtain a reference from a person who fulfils that requirement;

(g) if the applicant intends to carry on the establishment or agency in partnership with others, the information specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) of this paragraph in relation to each partner of the applicant.

2.  Where the applicant is a partnership—

(a) the name and address of the partnership;

(b) in relation to each member of the partnership, the information specified in paragraph 1(a) to (f).

3.  Where the applicant is an organisation—

(a) the name of the organisation and the address of the registered office or principal office of the organisation;

(b) the full name, date of birth, address and telephone number of the responsible individual;

(c) details of the professional or technical qualifications of the responsible individual and that individual’s experience of carrying on an establishment or agency of the same description as the establishment or agency, so far as such qualifications and experience are relevant to providing services for persons for whom services are to be provided at the establishment or by the agency;

(d) if the organisation is a subsidiary of a holding company, the name and address of the registered or principal office of the holding company and of any other subsidiary of that holding company;

4.  In all cases except where the applicant is a local authority—

(a) a reference from a bank expressing an opinion as to the applicant’s financial standing;

(b) a statement as to whether the responsible person has been adjudged bankrupt, is a person in respect of whom a debt relief order has been made or sequestration of his estate has been ordered, or whether the responsible person has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, their creditors;

(c) a statement as to the applicant’s ability to ensure the financial viability of the establishment or agency for the purpose of achieving the aims and objectives of the establishment or agency set out in its statement of purpose;

(d) a business plan in respect of the establishment or agency;

(e) details of the cash-flow or, where unavailable, predicted cash-flow in respect of the establishment or agency.