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Private and Voluntary Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2002

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Death of registered person

31.—(1) If more than one person is registered in respect of an establishment, and a registered person dies, the surviving registered person shall without delay notify the appropriate office of the National Assembly of the death in writing.

(2) If only one person is registered in respect of an establishment, and the person dies, the person’s personal representatives shall notify the appropriate office of the National Assembly in writing—

(a)without delay of the death; and

(b)within 28 days of their intentions regarding the future running of the establishment.

(3) The personal representatives of the deceased registered provider may carry on the establishment without being registered in respect of it

(a)for a period not exceeding 28 days; and

(b)for any further period as may be determined by the National Assembly in accordance with paragraph (4).

(4) The National Assembly may extend the period specified in paragraph (3)(a) by such further period, not exceeding one year, as the National Assembly shall determine, and shall notify any such determination to the personal representatives in writing.

(5) The personal representatives shall appoint a person to take full-time day to day charge of the establishment during any period in which, in accordance with paragraph (3), they carry on the establishment without being registered in respect of it.

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