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These Regulations may be cited as the Residential Care Homes and the Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998.
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(1) The Residential Care Homes Regulations 1984 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (registration fees)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for “£230” substitute “£261”;
(b) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£840” substitute “£952”; and
(c) in paragraph (2), for “£230” substitute “£261”.
(3) In regulation 5 (annual fee)—
(a) in paragraph (2), for “£41” substitute “£46”;
(b) in paragraph (3), for “£30” substitute “£34”; and
(c) in paragraph (4), for “£610” substitute “£691”.
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(1) The Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes Regulations 1984 are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1 (fees to accompany applications)—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) the words “Subject to paragraph 2,” are omitted, and
(ii) for “£678” substitute “£952”; and
(b) paragraph (2) is omitted.
(3) In Schedule 3 (annual fees)—
(a) in paragraph 1, for “£22” substitute “£46”; and
(b) in paragraph 4, for “£190” substitute “£215”.
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The Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1990 and the Residential Care Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1992 are hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Paul Boateng
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
27th March 1998