Explanatory note

This Order prescribes the maximum fees which may be imposed by the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care in respect of applications for registration or for cancellation of registration of a care service, the annual continuation of any such registration, and applications for variation or removal of a condition of registration under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (Article 2 and the Schedule)

It also prescribes the maximum fee for registration or for cancellation of registration of a limited registration service; the annual continuation of any such registration, and applications for variation or removal of a condition of registration (Article 2 and the Schedule).

Article 3 also prescribes the maximum fee for issuing a new certificate of registration.

Any figures shown in brackets after the maximum fees shown in Article 3 of, or in the columns in the Schedule to, this Order are the corresponding maximum fees which were prescribed by the Regulation of Care (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2003 and the Regulation of Care (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2003. Article 4 revokes both of these Orders.