Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 661 (S.31)

PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND

The Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998

Made

9th March 1998

Laid before Parliament

11th March 1998

Coming into force

1st April 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him(1) by sections 1A and 4 of the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

(2) In these Regulations, a reference to "the principal Regulations" is a reference to the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Regulations 1990(3).

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

2. For Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following:-�

Regulation 3

"SCHEDULE 2

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Matters in respect of which fee is payable	Prescribed fee from 1st April 1998	Prescribed fee from 1st April 1999	Prescribed fee from 1st April 2000
1. Application for registration.	£900	£1050	£1295
2. Annual continuation of registration (payable on registration date and annual anniversary of the registration date thereafter).	£30 per patient bed	£45 per patient bed	£65 per patient bed
3. Application under section 1(3F) of the Act for a variation in any condition of registration such as is mentioned in section 1(3D) or (3E) of the Act and specified in the certificate of registration.	£150	£225	£325
4. The issuing under section 1(3) of the Act of a new certificate following any variation, made as a result of an application under section 1(3F) of the Act, in the conditions under section 1(3D) or (3E) of the Act subject to which the registration has been granted.	£20	£30	£55".

Sam Galbraith

Minister for Health, Scottish Office

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

9th March 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Regulations 1990, which make provision for the registration in respect of nursing homes under the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938.

These Regulations increase the prescribed fee which a Health Board may impose in respect of applications for registration and for continuation of registration and related procedures. (The fees currently prescribed are £678, £22, £100, and £10).

(1)

By virtue of the Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 (c. 20), section 1(1) and (6)(b), the Department of Health for Scotland means the Secretary of State.

(2)

1938 c. 73; section 1A was inserted by the Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 40), section 6(3); section 4 was amended by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 58), Schedule 6, paragraph 73 (as saved by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29), Schedule 15, paragraph 10), the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 4, paragraph 10 and S.I. 1996/2203.

(3)

S.I. 1990/1310, amended by S.I. 1991/1320 and 1992/1443.