The Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

Refusal of registration

8.—(1) The Board may refuse to register an applicant for registration in respect of a residential care home (other than a small home) if it is satisfied—

(a) that—

(i) the applicant,

(ii) any person concerned or intended to be concerned in carrying on the home, or

(iii) any person employed or proposed to be employed at the home,

is not a fit person to carry on or (as the case may be) be employed at the home;

(b) that for reasons connected with their situation, construction, state of repair, accommodation, staffing or equipment, the premises used or intended to be used for the purposes of the home, or any other premises used or intended to be used in connection with it, are not fit to be so used; or

(c) that the way in which it is intended to carry on the home is such as not to provide services or facilities reasonably required.

(2) The Board may refuse to register an applicant for registration in respect of a small home only if it is satisfied that he or any other person concerned or intended to be concerned in carrying on the home is not a fit person to be concerned in carrying on a residential care home.