The Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2007

Voluntary adoption agencies

14.—(1) The registered provider in relation to a voluntary adoption agency shall pay an annual fee and the amount of the annual fee shall, subject to paragraph (2), be—

(a) £690; and, where applicable,

(b) if the agency has, in addition to its principal office, a branch or, as the case may be, a small branch, an additional sum of—

(i) £690 in respect of each branch; and

(ii) £345 in respect of each small branch.

(2) Where the agency has a small principal office, the amount of the annual fee shall be—

(a) £345; and, where applicable,

(b) if the agency has, in addition to its small principal office, a branch or, as the case may be, a small branch, an additional sum of—

(i) £690 in respect of each branch; and

(ii) £345 in respect of each small branch.

(3) The annual fee shall be payable—

(a) in the case of a person who carries on an agency which was an adoption society approved under Part 1 of the Adoption Act 1976, on 30th April in each year;

(b) in the case of a new provider registered before 1st April 2007, on the anniversary of the date on which the certificate was issued; and

(c) otherwise on the date on which the certificate is issued, and thereafter on the anniversary of that date.