16 Regulations about registration.E+W
(1)Regulations may make provision about the registration of persons under this Part in respect of establishments or agencies, and in particular about—
(a)the making of applications for registration;
(b)the contents of certificates of registration.
(2)Regulations may provide that no application for registration under this Part may be made in respect of a fostering agency F1. . . which is an unincorporated body.
[F2(3)Persons registered under this Part must also pay to the registration authority, at such time as may be prescribed, an annual fee—
(a)of such amount as may be determined under section 113A, where the registration authority is the CHAI or the CSCI; and
(b)of such amount as may be prescribed, where the registration authority is the Assembly.]
(4)A fee payable by virtue of this section may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be recovered summarily as a civil debt.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 16(2) repealed (30.12.2005) by Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), ss. 139, 148, Sch. 3 para. 108, Sch. 5 (with Sch. 4 paras. 6-8); S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2; S.I. 2005/2897, art. 2
F2S. 16(3) substituted (20.11.2003 for certain purposes and 1.8.2006 otherwise) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 105(6), 199; S.I. 2006/1860, art. 2(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 16(1)(3) applied (with modifications) (E.) (2.8.2004) by The Care Standards Act 2000 (Extension of the Application of Part 2 to Adult Placement Schemes) (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1972), regs. 2(2)(b), 3
C2S. 16(3) modified (temp.) (E.) (26.6.2006) by The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 Commencement (No. 9) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1680), art. 4(2)
Commencement Information
I1S. 16 wholly in force at 1.4.2002; s. 16 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 122; s. 16 in force for W. at 1.7.2001 by S.I. 2001/2190, art. 2, Sch. Table; s. 16 in force for E. for certain purposes at 20.11.2001 by S.I. 2001/3852, arts. 1(4), 3(2)(3)(a)(i) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions in Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2001/4150, 2002/1493, 2002/1790, 2002/2001, 2002/3210); s. 16 in force for E. in so far as not already in force at 1.4.2002 by S.I. 2001/3852, arts. 1(4), 3(2)(7)(a) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions in Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2001/4150, 2002/1493, 2002/1790, 2002/2001, 2002/3210)