Amendment of the Regulation and Improvement Authority (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20053.
In regulation 6—
(1)
in paragraph (1) for “paragraphs 2 to 5” there shall be substituted “paragraphs 2 to 5A”.
(2)
after paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(5A)
(a)
An establishment or agency whose premises are used as a domiciliary care agency, a day care setting, a residential family centre or an adult placement agency shall be inspected, subject to sub-paragraph (2), on a minimum of once in every twelve month period.
(b)
In the case of an establishment or agency in respect of which a person is registered for the first time in a 12 month period, no inspection shall be required in that period.”