Explanatory note

These Regulations increase the fees payable under the Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes Regulations 1984.

The fee to accompany an application for registration is increased from £550 to £600, and the fee to accompany such an application on a proposed change of ownership, where there are no other changes in relation to the home, is increased from £350 to £380 (regulation 2); the annual fee payable in respect of a home in which beds are provided for the use of patients at night is increased from £20 to £22, multiplied by the maximum number of patients in the homes; the annual fee payable in respect of a home in which no beds are provided for the use of patients at night is increased from £175 to £190 (regulation 3).