Death of registered person
35.—(1) If more than one person is registered in respect of an establishment or agency, and a registered person dies, the surviving registered person must without delay notify the appropriate office of the registration authority of the death in writing.
(2) If only one person is registered in respect of an establishment or agency, and the person dies, the person’s personal representatives must notify the appropriate office of the registration authority in writing—
(a)without delay of the death; and
(b)within 28 days of their intentions regarding the future running of the establishment or agency.
(3) The personal representatives of the deceased registered provider may carry on the establishment or agency 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 registration authority in accordance with paragraph (4).
(4) The registration authority may extend the period specified in paragraph (3)(a) by such further period, not exceeding 6 months, as the registration authority may determine, and must notify any such determination to the personal representatives in writing.
(5) The personal representatives must appoint a manager to take full-time day to day charge of the establishment or agency during any period in which, in accordance with paragraph (3), they carry on the establishment or agency without being registered in respect of it.
(6) The provisions of regulation 12 apply to a manager appointed in accordance with paragraph (5).