The Regulation and Improvement Authority (Registration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

PART I

Information about the applicant

1.  Where the applicant is an individual –

(a) if he intends to carry on the establishment or agency in partnership with others, the information specified in the following sub-paragraphs of this paragraph in relation to each partner of the firm;

(b) the responsible person’s full name, date of birth, address and telephone number;

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

(d) details of his employment history, including the name and address of his present employer and of any previous employers;

(e) details of any business he carries on or has carried on;

(f) the name and addresses of two referees –

(i) who are not relatives of the responsible person;

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

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

but the requirement for the name and address of a referee who has employed the responsible person 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.

2.  Where the applicant is a partnership –

(a) the name and address of the partnership;

(b) in relation to each member of the partnership, the information specified in paragraph 1(b) to (f).

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

(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.

4.  In every case, other than where the applicant is an officer of a Health and Social Services Board or HSS trust –

(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 estate has been ordered, or he 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 or agency for the purpose of achieving the aims and objectives of the establishment or agency set out in its statement of purpose;

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

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