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

PART I

Information about the applicant

1.  Where the applicant is an individual—

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

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

(c) details of the applicant’s employment history, including the name and address of his or her present employer and of any previous employers;

(d) details of any business the applicant carries on or has carried on;

(e) the name and addresses of two referees—

(i) who are not relatives of the applicant;

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

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

but the requirement for the name and address of a referee who has employed the applicant 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;

(f) where any certificate or information on any matters referred to in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 is not available to the responsible person because any provision of the Police Act 1997 has not been brought into force, details of any criminal offences—

(i) of which the responsible person has been convicted, including details of any convictions which are spent within the meaning of section 1 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and which may be disclosed by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975; or

(ii) in respect of which he or she has been cautioned by a constable and which, at the time the caution was given, he admitted.

2.  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 his or her experience of carrying on an establishment of the same description as the establishment, so far as such qualifications and experience are relevant to providing services for persons for whom services are to be provided at the establishment;

(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.

3.  In every case—

(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, or sequestration of his or her estate has been ordered, or he or she has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors;

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

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

(e) details as to cash-flow in respect of the establishment.