- Enforced by
- RQIA
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Registered Care Provider12
Licence Holder1
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Registered Care Provider — also bound by 25 other Acts
Housing and Regeneration Act 2008
11 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.003
Statement of purpose
Regulated
- Compile and share a statement of purpose for your adult placement agencyRegistered Care Provider
s.004
Service user’s guide
Regulated
- Produce and provide a service user's guide for your adult placement agencyRegistered Care Provider
s.006
Agency documents
Regulated
- Include your registration number on all business correspondence and documentsRegistered Care Provider
s.008
Appointment of manager
Regulated
- Appoint a manager and notify RQIARegistered Care Provider
s.010
Registered person — general requirements and training
Regulated
- Run the agency with sufficient care and keep skills up to dateRegistered Care Provider
s.011
Registered person — notification of offences
Regulated
- Notify RQIA immediately if convicted of a criminal offenceLicence Holder
s.012
Making of placements, placement agreements and limitation of placements
Regulated
- Enter written placement agreements before any placementRegistered Care Provider
s.014
Termination of placements
Regulated
- Terminate placement if carer is non-compliant (after consulting service user unless emergency)Registered Care Provider
s.015
Fitness of adult placement carers
Regulated
- Ensure adult placement carers are fit before and during agreementsRegistered Care Provider
s.016
Carer agreements
Regulated
- Enter into a written carer agreement with each adult placement carerRegistered Care Provider
s.025
Visits by registered provider
Regulated
- Conduct annual announced visit to agency office, assist service users, and report to RQIARegistered Care Provider
s.032
Financial position
Regulated
- Ensure financial viability and maintain proper accountsRegistered Care Provider
s.034
Notice of absence
Regulated
- Notify RQIA of any absence of 28 days or moreRegistered Care Provider
27 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.005
Review of statement of purpose and service user’s guide
s.007
Fitness of registered provider
s.009
Fitness of registered manager
s.013
Monitoring and review of placements
s.017
Adult placement carers — training
s.018
Adult placement carer handbook
s.019
Service user’s plan
s.020
General conduct of adult placement agency
s.021
Records
s.022
Complaints
s.023
Review of quality of services
s.024
Improvement plan
s.026
Staff views as to conduct of agency
s.027
Fitness of premises
s.028
Fitness of staff
s.029
Staffing
s.030
Employment of staff
s.031
Staff handbook
s.033
Notification of incidents
s.035
Notice of changes
s.036
Appointment of liquidators
s.037
Death of registered person
s.038
Compliance with regulations
s.039
Offences
s.040
Transitional provisions
Schedules
Schedules
0 of 36 shown36 other schedules
s.sch001
A statement of the overall aims and objectives of the...
s.sch001
The arrangements made for consultation with service users about the...
s.sch001
The arrangements made for contact between placements and their relatives,...
s.sch001
The arrangements for dealing with complaints.
s.sch001
The arrangements made for dealing with reviews of the service...
s.sch001
The name and address of the registered provider and of...
s.sch001
If the registered provider is not an organisation, his relevant...
s.sch001
If the registered provider is an organisation the name and...
s.sch001
The relevant qualifications and experience of any registered manager.
s.sch001
The number, relevant qualifications and experience of the staff working...
s.sch001
The status, constitution and organisational structure of the agency, which...
s.sch001
The age-range and sex of the service users in respect...
s.sch001
The range of needs that the agency is intended to...
s.sch002
Proof of the person’s identity, including a recent photograph.
s.sch002
When Part V of the Police Act 1997 is commenced...
s.sch002
Two written references relating to the person, including a reference...
s.sch002
Where a person has previously worked in a position whose...
s.sch002
Documentary evidence of any relevant qualifications or accredited training of...
s.sch002
A full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation...
s.sch002
Evidence that the person is physically and mentally fit for...
s.sch003
Proof of the person’s identity, including a recent photograph.
s.sch003
A letter from a mortgage lender or landlord (as the...
s.sch003
A copy of the assessment report in respect of the...
s.sch003
A written statement as to the suitability of a person...
s.sch003
When Part V of the Police Act 1997 is commenced...
s.sch003
Two written personal references from persons (not being relatives of...
s.sch003
A written reference from the person’s present or most recent...
s.sch003
Details of health record.
s.sch003
Details of a check with the HSS trust in whose...
s.sch003
Where a person has previously worked in a position whose...
s.sch003
Documentary evidence of any relevant qualification, including where appropriate a...
s.sch003
A full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation...
s.sch004
Records
s.sch004
An alphabetical index of all persons working for the purposes...
s.sch004
An alphabetical index of all adult placement carers with whom...
s.sch004
Other Records
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