Licences

(1) Where an applicant fully complies with the registration requirements as provided in the Act and these Regulations, the 68 Social Service Agencies Registrar shall register and license the applicant, or the prospective operator where he is different from the applicant. (2) A licence issued by the Registrar under these Regulations– (a) shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, be for a period of two calendar years; (b) shall, where it is issued in respect of a residential care facility for children already in existence and operating on or prior to the commencement of these Regulations, be for a period of three calendar years in the first instance; (c) shall specify– (i) the full name and other particulars of the (ii) the full names and other particulars of the providers and assistants; (iii) the physical and postal address of the residential care facility for children; (iv) the capacity of the residential care facility for children; (v) the name, where applicable, of the residential care facility for children; (vi) the licence’s type, category, duration, date of commencement and date of expiry; and (vii) the full range of residential care services offered and performed by the operator at the residential care facility for children. Social Service Agencies 69 (3) A licence issued by the Registrar under subregulation (2)(b) above shall be a temporary licence for a duration of three years issued immediately after the commencement of these Regulations to an existing residential care facility for children which does not meet the minimum standards and requirements of registration and licensing provided by these Regulations. Such licence shall be issued to enable the residential care facility for children to meet the minimum standards and requirements of registration and licensing provided by these Regulations, and the Registrar may, if satisfied after issuing such a licence that the residential care facility for children and services offered thereat now meet the minimum standards and requirements of registration and licensing provided by these Regulations, cancel the temporary licence either before or on the expiration of the three calendar years and issue to the operator upon written application a two-year renewable licence under subregulation (2)(a) above. (4) Every licence issued under these Regulations shall be displayed at the residential care facility for children in some clear and conspicuous place where parents of the children at the residential care facility for children and officials of the Ministry have access. (5) Every licence issued under these Regulations shall be non- transferable and non-assignable to another operator or to another residential care facility for children. (6) Every licence shall categorize each residential care facility for children as follows– (a) Category 1: a facility for abuse, neglected, abandoned and/or orphaned children ages birth to thirteen years; (b) Category 2: a facility for abuse, neglected, abandoned and/or orphaned children ages fourteen to eighteen; 70 Social Service Agencies (c) Category 3: a facility for children ages nine to fourteen who have committed status or summary (d) Category 4: a facility for children ages fifteen to eighteen years who have committed status or summary offence; (e) Category 5: a facility for children ages nine to fourteen years who have committed an indictable (f) Category 6: a facility for children ages fifteen to eighteen years who have committed an indictable offence.