The Adult Placement Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2004

Amendment of the Registration of Social Care and Independent Healthcare (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2002

35.—(1) The Registration of Social Care and Independent Healthcare (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2002(1) are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In the paragraph headed “Arrangement of Regulations”, add the following at the end—

“16.   Annual Fee — adult placement schemes”.

(3) In regulation 2(1) —

(a) in the definition of “the Act”, add at the end —

“or that Act as applied by the Adult Placement Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2004”(2);”

(b) at the appropriate place, insert —

““adult placement scheme” has the same meaning as in the Adult Placement Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2004”;

(4) In regulation 2(3), add —

“(d) to an agency includes a reference to an adult placement scheme and accordingly in relation to a scheme —

(i) reference to a registered provider carrying on an agency includes reference to a registered provider providing an adult placement scheme; and

(ii) reference to a registered manager managing an agency includes reference to a registered manager managing an adult placement scheme; and

(iii) reference to a service user includes reference to an adult who is placed under an adult placement scheme.”.

(5) In regulation 3, after paragraph (3D) insert —

“(3E) In the case of an application by a person seeking to be registered as a person who provides an adult placement scheme, the registration fee is £1,100.

(3F) In the case of an application by a person seeking to be registered as a person who manages an adult placement scheme, the registration fee is £300.”.

(6) After regulation 15 (Annual fee — domiciliary care agencies), insert the following regulation —

“Annual fee — adult placement schemes

16.— (1) The annual fee in respect of an adult placement scheme is £750.

(2) The annual fee in respect of an adult placement scheme is to be payable by the registered provider on the first and subsequent anniversaries of the date on which his or her certificate of registration is issued.”.

(1)

S.I. 2002/921 (W.109) as amended by S.I. 2003/237 (W.35), 2003/710 (W.86), 2003/781 (W.92), 2003/2527 (W.242) and 2004/219 (W.23).

(2)

S.I. 2004/1756 (W.188)