- Enforced by
- RQIA
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated 1 of 5 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Applicant3
Any Person1
Licence Holder1
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Applicant — also bound by 307 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
42 duties
The Land Registration Rules 2003
25 duties
Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 (Aircrew)
20 duties
Value Added Tax Regulations 1995
18 duties
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
Licence Holder — also bound by 225 other Acts
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.011
Offence
Regulated
- Fail to return certificateAny Person
14 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation, commencement and extent
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Information and documents to be provided by an applicant
s.004
Convictions
s.005
Interview
s.006
Notice of changes
s.007
Information as to staff engaged after application made
s.008
Registers
s.009
Contents of certificate
s.010
Return of certificate
s.012
Application for variation or removal of a condition
s.013
Report as to financial viability
s.014
Cancellation of registration
s.015
Application for cancellation of registration
Schedules
Schedules
4 of 84 shown
s.sch001
In every case, other than where the applicant is an...
Regulated
- Send financial and business documents with your registration applicationApplicant
s.sch002
Criminal record certificates in respect of staff
Regulated
- Obtain criminal record certificates for all staff and make them available to RQIAApplicant
s.sch004
If a residential care home and nursing home are to...
Regulated
- Provide composition details when running care and nursing homes on same siteApplicant
s.sch008
Where the registered person is an organisation –
Regulated
- Provide organisation and officer details when registeringLicence Holder
80 other schedules
s.sch001
Information about the applicant
s.sch001
Details of the scale of charges payable by the service...
s.sch001
In respect of the premises to be used by an...
s.sch001
In respect of the premises to be used by an...
s.sch001
A statement as to the security arrangements, including arrangements for...
s.sch001
The name and address of any other establishment or agency...
s.sch001
Whether any other business is or will be carried on...
s.sch001
Information about staff
s.sch001
Further information about staff
s.sch001
Where the applicant is a partnership –
s.sch001
Where the applicant is an organisation –
s.sch001
Information about the establishment or agency
s.sch001
The description of establishment or agency specified in Article 8(1)...
s.sch001
The statement of purpose of the establishment or agency.
s.sch001
A statement as to the accommodation, facilities and services which...
s.sch001
The date on which the establishment or agency was established...
s.sch002
Documents concerning applicant
s.sch002
Certificates or other suitable evidence relating to the responsible person’s...
s.sch002
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a report by a general...
s.sch002
In relation to the responsible person— (a) an enhanced criminal...
s.sch002
Where the applicant is a corporate body, a copy of...
s.sch002
Where the organisation is a subsidiary of a holding company,...
s.sch002
The last annual accounts (if any) of the establishment or...
s.sch002
Except where the applicant is a Health and Social Services...
s.sch002
A certificate of insurance for the applicant in respect of...
s.sch003
Information
s.sch003
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a report by a general...
s.sch003
A criminal record certificate – (a) which has been issued...
s.sch003
(a) An enhanced criminal record certificate issued under section 113B...
s.sch003
Details of the applicant’s professional or technical qualifications, and experience...
s.sch003
Details of the applicant’s professional training relevant to carrying on...
s.sch003
Details of the applicant’s employment history, including the name and...
s.sch003
Details of any business the applicant carries on or manages...
s.sch003
The name and addresses of two referees –
s.sch003
The name, address, telephone number, facsimile number, and electronic mail...
s.sch003
Documents
s.sch003
Certificates or other suitable evidence relating to the applicant’s professional...
s.sch004
Details of the accommodation available for –
s.sch004
The maximum number of service users for whom the care...
s.sch005
Details of the accommodation available for –
s.sch005
The maximum number of service users for whom the nursing...
s.sch005
If a nursing home and residential care home are to...
s.sch006
The following details about the children who are intended to...
s.sch006
The arrangements for allowing children in the children’s home to...
s.sch006
The arrangements for the education of any child accommodated.
s.sch006
The arrangements for dealing with reviews of the placement plans...
s.sch006
The organisational structure of the children’s home.
s.sch006
The facilities and services to be provided within the children’s...
s.sch006
The arrangements for safeguarding children and promoting the health and...
s.sch006
The fire precautions and emergency procedures.
s.sch006
The arrangements to enable children to follow religious observance.
s.sch006
The arrangements for contact between a child and his parents,...
s.sch006
Details as to the use of restraint and discipline, the...
s.sch006
The procedure for dealing with any unauthorised absence of a...
s.sch007
The nature of the services to be provided including, in...
s.sch007
The equipment and facilities to be provided.
s.sch007
The number of patient beds to be provided in an...
s.sch007
The anticipated number of patients to be treated annually.
s.sch007
The arrangements made for the supply of blood and blood...
s.sch007
The arrangements made for the provision of pathology and radiology...
s.sch007
The number of medical practitioners who are to be involved...
s.sch007
Details of any services which are to be provided to...
s.sch008
The full name, address and date of birth of each...
s.sch008
Registers relating to day care settings, residential family centres, domiciliary care agencies and adult placement agencies
s.sch008
Registers relating to voluntary adoption agencies
s.sch008
The full name, address and telephone number of the establishment...
s.sch008
The date of registration and of the issue of the...
s.sch008
The details of any conditions imposed on registration, any additional...
s.sch008
Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes Register
s.sch008
Children’s homes register
s.sch008
Registers relating to independent hospitals, independent hospitals in which treatment or nursing or both are provided for persons liable to be detained under the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, independent clinics and independent medical agencies
s.sch008
Nursing Agencies
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
RQIA registration quick check
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Responding to RQIA enforcement action
Starting a regulated business in Northern Ireland
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Healthcare and social care compliance in Northern Ireland
A guided pathway through RQIA regulation for healthcare and social care providers in Northern Ireland. Covers how regulation works, registering your service, …
3 more guides that reference this instrument
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