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The Residential Care Homes and the Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1998

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 1998-03-27

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Department Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament

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Made: 27th March 1998

Laid before Parliament: 8th April 1998

Coming into force: 1st May 1998

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5(1), 8, 23(3)(b), 27 and 56(4) of the Residential Homes Act 1984¹ and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Residential Care Homes and the Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998.

Amendment of the Residential Care Homes Regulations 1984

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(1) The Residential Care Homes Regulations 1984² are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (registration fees)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for “£230” substitute “£261”;

(b) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£840” substitute “£952”; and

(3) In regulation 5 (annual fee)—

(a) in paragraph (2), for “£41” substitute “£46”;

(b) in paragraph (3), for “£30” substitute “£34”; and

Amendment of the Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes Regulations 1984

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(1) The Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes Regulations 1984³ are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (fees to accompany applications)—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) the words “Subject to paragraph 2,” are omitted, and

(ii) for “£678” substitute “£952”; and

(b) paragraph (2) is omitted.

(3) In Schedule 3 (annual fees)—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “£22” substitute “£46”; and

(b) in paragraph 4, for “£190” substitute “£215”.

Revocations

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The Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1990⁴ and the Residential Care Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1992⁵ are hereby revoked.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Paul Boateng — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department of Health — 27th March 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations increase the registration and annual fees payable under the Residential Care Homes Regulations 1984 and the Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes Regulations 1984 in relation to, respectively, residential care homes and nursing and mental nursing homes. In the case of nursing and mental nursing homes, provision for a separate change of ownership fee is removed and the same fee will be payable for all applications whether on change of ownership or otherwise.

The Regulations revoke earlier regulations which are superseded by these Regulations.

Footnotes

1984 c. 23. The Registered Homes Act 1984 was amended by the Registered Homes (Amendment) Act 1991 (c. 20).

S.I. 1984/1345, amended by S.I. 1986/457, 1988/1192, 1991/2502, 1992/2007 (which partially revoked the earlier listed instruments) and 1992/2241.

S.I. 1984/1578. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1986/456, 1988/1191 and 1990/2164 (which revoked S.I. 1986/456 and partially revoked S.I. 1988/1191).

S.I. 1990/2164.

S.I. 1992/2007.

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