Registered Homes Act 1984
Part I Residential Care Homes
Registration and conduct of residential care homes
1 Requirement of registration.
2 Offence of carrying on home without registration.
3 Registration of managers etc. and persons in control.
4 Optional registration.
5 Registration—general.
6 Death of only person registered in respect of home.
7 Inspection of registers.
8 Annual fee for registration.
8A Annual return in respect of small home.
9 Refusal of registration.
10 Cancellation of registration.
11 Urgent procedure for cancellation of registration etc.
12 Ordinary procedure for registration etc. under Part I.
13 Right to make representations.
14 Decision of local authority.
15 Appeals.
16 Regulations as to conduct of residential care homes.
17 Inspection of homes.
18 Defences.
Provisions supplementary to Part I
19 Meaning of “relative”.
20 General interpretation.
Part II Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes
Interpretation
21 Meaning of “nursing home”.
22 Meaning of “mental nursing home”.
Registration and conduct of nursing homes and mental nursing homes
23 Registration of nursing homes and mental nursing homes.
24 Prohibition of holding out premises as nursing home, maternity home or mental nursing home.
25 Refusal of registration.
26 Regulations as to conduct of nursing homes and mental nursing homes.
27 Supplementary regulations.
28 Cancellation of registration.
29 Additional registration conditions.
30 Urgent procedure for cancellation of registration etc.
31 Ordinary procedure for registration etc. under Part II.
32 Right to make representations.
33 Decision of Secretary of State.
34 Appeals.
35 Inspection of mental nursing homes and visiting of patients.
36 Effect of cancellation or death on mental nursing home registration.
Miscellaneous and supplemental
37 Power to exempt Christian Science homes.
38 Ancillary provisions of Mental Health Act 1983.
Part III Registered Homes Tribunals
39 Preliminary.
40 Constitution of panels for chairmen and members.
41 Constitution of tribunals—general.
42 Tribunals for appeals relating to nursing homes (including maternity homes) and mental nursing homes.
43 Procedure of tribunals.
44 Staff for tribunals.
45 Fees, allowances and expenses.
Part IV Offences
46 Failure to register.
47 Failure to affix certificate of registration.
48 Breach of conditions as to registration.
49 Contravention of regulations.
50 Contravention of section 24.
51 Obstruction.
52 Bodies corporate and their officers.
53 Proceedings.
Part V Supplementary
54 Service of documents.
55 Interpretation—general.
56 Regulations and orders.
57 Consequential amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals.
58 Extent.
59 Short title and commencement.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Consequential Amendments
National Assistance Act 1948 (c. 29)
1In paragraph (a) of section 41(2) of the National Assistance...
Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72)
2In section 128(1)(b) of the Mental Health Act 1959 for...
London Government Act 1963 (c. 33)
3The following paragraph shall be substituted for section 40(4)(i) of...
Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42)
4In Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act...
Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (c. 62)
5In Schedule 1 to the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971—...
Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5)
6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foster Children Act 1980 (c. 6)
7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s Homes Act 1982 (c. 20)
8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)
9In paragraph (b) of section 24(3) of the Mental Health...
10In section 34(2) of that Act for the words “3(4)(b)...
11In section 145(1) of that Act, in the definitions of...
SCHEDULE 2 Transitional Provisions and Savings
1Where a person’s registration in respect of a home was...
2(1) In the case of a nursing home which was...
3Where an offence, for the continuance of which a penalty...
4(1) The Secretary of State may— (a) by regulations make...
SCHEDULE 3 Repeals

Registered Homes Act 1984

1984 c. 23

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to residential care homes and nursing homes and Registered Homes Tribunals, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.

C1I1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Act not in force at Royal Assent see s.59(2); Act wholly in force at 1st January 1986.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

By Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 101(1), Sch. 12 para. 23; S.I. 1991/2208, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 it is provided (14.10.1991) that in relation to any time before the commencement of s.70 of that 1991 Act (which came into force on 1.10.1992 by S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2) references in any enactment amended by that 1991 Act, to youth courts shall be construed as references to juvenile courts.