The Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2015

Voluntary adoption agencies

20.—(1) The annual fee payable in respect of a voluntary adoption agency is, subject to paragraph (2)—

(a) £1153; and

(b) if the voluntary adoption agency has, in addition to its principal office, one or more branches, an additional sum of—

(i) £1153 in respect of each branch that is not a small branch, and

(ii) £612 in respect of each small branch.

(2) If the voluntary adoption agency has a small principal office, the fee is—

(a) £612;

(b) if the voluntary adoption agency has, in addition to its small principal office, one or more branches, an additional sum of—

(i) £1153 in respect of each branch that is not a small branch, and

(ii) £612 in respect of each small branch.

(3) The annual fee is payable—

(a) in the case of a person who carries on an agency that was an adoption society approved under Part 1 of the Adoption Act 1976(1), on 30th April in each year;

(b) in the case of a new provider registered before 1st April 2015, on the anniversary of the date on which the certificate was issued;

(c) otherwise, on the date on which the certificate is issued, and thereafter on the anniversary of that date.

(1)

1976 c.36. Part 1 of the Adoption Act 1976 was repealed by Schedule 5 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c.38).