The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

Cases where an authority must serve notice of proposal

99.—(1) Where—

(a)a person applies for the registration of a children’s home; and

(b)the authority proposes to grant his application subject to conditions,

the authority shall give him notice of its proposal and of the conditions subject to which it proposes to grant his application.

(2) The authority need not give notice under paragraph (1) if it proposes to grant the application subject only to conditions which—

(a)the applicant specified in the application; or

(b)the authority and the applicant have subsequently agreed.

(3) The authority shall give an applicant notice of a proposal to refuse his application.

(4) The authority shall give any person carrying on a registered children’s home notice of a proposal—

(a)to cancel the registration;

(b)to vary or cancel any condition for the time being in force with respect to the home by virtue of this Part; or

(c)to impose any additional condition.

(5) The authority need not give notice under paragraph (4) if it proposes—

(a)to cancel the registration on the application of the person carrying on the home; or

(b)to vary or cancel or impose a condition as mentioned in paragraph (4) on the application of, or with the agreement of, that person.

(6) A notice under this Article shall give the authority’s reasons for its proposal.