Time for submission of first annual returns

4.  After regulation 9 insert—

Time for submission of first annual returns

9A.(1) The first set of annual returns by service providers who are registered to provide a care home service, a secure accommodation service, a residential family centre service or a domiciliary support service, must be submitted in 2020.

(2) The first set of annual returns by service providers who are registered to provide an adoption service, a fostering service, an adult placement service or an advocacy service, must be submitted in 2021.

(3) If a service provider is registered to provide services listed in both paragraphs (1) and (2), an annual return does not need to contain information in relation to those services listed in paragraph (2) until 2021.