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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2007 No. 221

HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES

The Adult Placement Agencies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made

29th March 2007

Coming into operation

30th April 2007

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Go to Preamble

  1. PART I

    GENERAL

    1. 1. Citation and commencement.

    2. 2. Interpretation

    3. 3. Statement of purpose

    4. 4. Service user’s guide

    5. 5. Review of statement of purpose and service user’s guide

    6. 6. Agency documents

  2. PART II

    REGISTERED PERSONS

    1. 7. Fitness of registered provider

    2. 8. Appointment of manager

    3. 9. Fitness of registered manager

    4. 10. Registered person — general requirements and training

    5. 11. Registered person — notification of offences

  3. PART III

    ADULT PLACEMENTS AND ADULT PLACEMENT CARERS MAKING, MONITORING AND TERMINATION OF PLACEMENTS

    1. 12. Making of placements, placement agreements and limitation of placements.

    2. 13. Monitoring and review of placements

    3. 14. Termination of placements

  4. ADULT PLACEMENT CARERS

    1. 15. Fitness of adult placement carers

    2. 16. Carer agreements

    3. 17. Adult placement carers — training

    4. 18. Adult placement carer handbook

  5. SERVICE USER'S PLAN

    1. 19. Service user’s plan

  6. PART IV

    CONDUCT OF ADULT PLACEMENT AGENCIES OPERATION OF ADULT PLACEMENT AGENCIES

    1. 20. General conduct of adult placement agency

    2. 21. Records

    3. 22. Complaints

    4. 23. Review of quality of services

    5. 24. Improvement plan

    6. 25. Visits by registered provider

    7. 26. Staff views as to conduct of agency

  7. PREMISES

    1. 27. Fitness of premises

  8. STAFFING

    1. 28. Fitness of staff

    2. 29. Staffing

    3. 30. Employment of staff

    4. 31. Staff handbook

  9. FINANCIAL MATTERS

    1. 32. Financial position

  10. NOTICES TO BE GIVEN TO THE REGULATION AND IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

    1. 33. Notification of incidents

    2. 34. Notice of absence

    3. 35. Notice of changes

    4. 36. Appointment of liquidators etc.

    5. 37. Death of registered person

  11. PART V

    MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 38. Compliance with regulations

    2. 39. Offences

    3. 40. Transitional provisions

  12. SCHEDULES

    1. 1

      Information to be included in the statement of purpose

    2. 2

      Information and documents in respect of persons providing, managing and working for the purposes of an agency (excluding adult placement carers)

    3. 3

      Information and documents in respect of adult placement carers

    4. 4

      Records to be kept by an agency

Go to Explanatory Note

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety makes the following regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Articles 2 (2), 23(1), (2) (a), to (c) and (f) to (j), (7)(a) to (h) and (j), 25(1), 30, 31(1), 32 and 48(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(1).

In accordance with Article 23 (8) it has consulted with such persons as appropriate.

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