PART 4Registers and Certificates of Registration

Registers17

1

HMCI must keep a register of providers of social work services.

2

The register must contain, in relation to each provider, the particulars specified in Schedule 6.

3

The register may be kept in electronic form, provided that the information so recorded is capable of being reproduced in a legible form.

4

When the register is being made available for inspection or a copy of, or extract from, that register is being provided under section 36(1) or (2) of the Act to a person other than a local authority, none of the particulars listed in paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 may be provided.

Contents of certificate18

A certificate of registration issued by HMCI14 must contain the following particulars—

a

the name, address and telephone number of HMCI;

b

the name and address of the registered provider;

c

the name of the responsible individual;

d

the name of the registered manager;

e

where the registration is subject to any condition, details of the condition;

f

the date of registration;

g

a statement, that if the social work service is not carried on in accordance with the relevant requirements and any conditions, the registration is liable to be cancelled by HMCI;

h

a statement that the certificate relates only to the person to whom it is issued by HMCI and is not capable of being transferred to another person;

i

the address of the principal office and any branch of the service.

Return of certificate19

If the registration of a person is cancelled, that person must, not later than the day on which the decision or order cancelling the registration takes effect, return the certificate of registration to HMCI by—

a

delivering it to HMCI; or

b

sending it to HMCI by registered post or recorded delivery.