Article 17 Requirement of registration
Subject to paragraph (3), any person who carries on a nursing home without being registered under this Part in respect of it shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
Where the manager or intended manager of a nursing home is not in control of it (whether as owner or otherwise) both the manager or intended manager and the person in control are to be treated as carrying on or intending to carry on the home and accordingly as requiring to be registered under this Part.
Where—
one person only is registered under this Part in respect of a nursing home; and
that person dies,
his personal representatives or his widow or any other relative of his may for a period not exceeding 4 weeks from his death, or such longer period as the Board may sanction, carry on the home without being registered in respect of it.
Registration under Part II does not affect any requirement to register under this Part.