PART 10Additional requirements on service providers in respect of premises - new accommodation
Application of Part 1041
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This Part applies to service providers who are registered to provide a special school residential service and the premises used for the provision of the service fall within one of the categories in paragraph (2). But this Part does not apply if the service involves the provision of accommodation to four or fewer individuals.
2
The categories are—
a
Category A: The premises used for the provision of the service consist of a new building or an existing building which has been converted for the purpose of providing the service, and, in either case, the building has not previously been used for the purpose of providing a special school residential service;
b
Category B: The premises consist of a building or buildings to which an extension is added and the extension is used for the purpose of providing the service at a place specified as a condition to the service provider’s registration;
c
Category C: The premises consist of a building which was unoccupied immediately prior to the service provider’s registration but was previously used for the purpose of providing a special school residential service at a place specified as a condition to the registration of another service provider.
3
If this Part applies, the service provider must ensure that the requirements of regulations 42 to 46 are complied with.