The Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 9 (England) and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001

Interpretation: dates

2.—(1) In this Schedule—

“effective date” means the date with effect from which an existing provider is for the purposes of Part II of the Act to be treated, in accordance with paragraph 5(4) or (7), as having applied for and been granted registration in respect of the existing undertaking as an establishment or agency;

“old registration date” means the date on which the decision to grant—

(a)

in the case of an existing undertaking other than a licensed nurses agency, an application for registration in respect of that undertaking;

(b)

in the case of a licensed nurses agency, a licence in respect of that agency,

takes effect.

(2) For the purposes of this Schedule the return date in respect of any existing undertaking is—

(a) in a case where sub-paragraph (4) applies, the day occurring thirty-five days after the decision referred to in that sub-paragraph takes effect in relation to the existing undertaking;

(b) in a case where sub-paragraph (5) applies, the day occurring thirty-five days after the regulator grants a licence to the nurses agency provider;

(c) in any other case, 21st January 2002 or, if later, the day occurring twenty-one days after the transfer of registration form was sent to the relevant provider.

(3) The following date is specified for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)—

(a) in a case where sub-paragraph (4) applies, the day occurring fourteen days after the decision referred to in that sub-paragraph takes effect in relation to the existing undertaking;

(b) in a case where sub-paragraph (5) applies, the day occurring fourteen days after the regulator grants a licence to the nurses agency provider;

(c) in any other case, 31st December 2001.

(4) This sub-paragraph applies where the regulator decides to grant an application—

(a) for registration in respect of a residential care home, nursing home or mental nursing home; or

(b) for a home to be registered in a register kept for the purposes of section 60 of the 1989 Act, or registered under Part VIII of that Act,

and the decision takes effect on or after 17th December 2001.

(5) This sub-paragraph applies where the regulator grants a licence to a nurses agency provider on or after 17th December 2001.

(6) For the purposes of this Schedule the registration commencement date is—

(a) in the case of an existing provider who under paragraph 5 is to be treated (whether or not with effect from the registration commencement date) as having applied for and been granted registration in respect of any establishment or agency other than a residential family centre, a domiciliary care agency, a nurses agency or a voluntary adoption agency, 1st April 2002;

(b) in the case of an existing provider who under paragraph 5 is to be treated (whether or not with effect from the registration commencement date) as having applied for and been granted registration in respect of a residential family centre, a domiciliary care agency, or a nurses agency, 1st July 2002.