Health Act 2007 (Registration of Designated Centres for Older People) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

JurisdictionIreland
CitationIR SI 493/2013
Year2013

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 17th December, 2013.

I, JAMES REILLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 98 , 99 and 101 of the Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007) (as adapted by the Health and Children (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 219 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 2007 (Registration of Designated Centres for Older People) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2014.

Amendment

2. In these Regulations the “Principal Regulations” means the Health Act 2007 (Registration of Designated Centres for Older People) 2009 ( S.I. No. 245 of 2009 ) as amended by the Health Act 2007 (Registration of Designated Centres for Older People) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 593 of 2010 ).

3. The Principal Regulations are amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for sub-articles 3(2)(a) and (b):

“(3)(2) In addition to the requirements set out in Section 49(1) of the Act, the chief inspector shall enter in a register such other particulars relating to the designated centre for older people deemed relevant by the chief inspector.”

4. The Principal Regulations are amended by the deletion of sub-article 4(3)(h).

5. Article 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by the substitution of the following for sub-article 5(1)(e):

“5.(1)(e) The number of residents who can be accommodated at the designated centre for older people as entered in the register in accordance with Section 49(1) of the Act;”

(b) by the deletion of 5(1)(f).

6. Article 8 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(1) The fee payable by a registered provider is €183 in respect of each resident for a full calendar year.

(2) Subject to sub-article (3), the annual fee is payable by a registered provider in three equal instalments on 1 January, 1 May and 1 September each year in respect of each four month period immediately following those dates and each instalment is payable not later than the last day of the calendar month in which the instalment falls due.

(3) For the purposes of sub-article (2) the registered provider shall, in a form determined by the chief inspector, declare to the Authority, by the 15th day of the calendar month in which the...

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