Mental Health Act 20266
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Chapter 3 Registered proprietor, registered person, responsible person and clinical director | ||
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Registered proprietor | ||
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168. (1) A person shall not operate the business of a mental health service unless he or she is the registered proprietor thereof. | ||
(2) The registered proprietor shall be the owner of the registered mental health service. | ||
(3) The registered proprietor shall have the following responsibilities namely: | ||
(a) carrying on of the business of the registered mental health service, including overall responsibility for governance, staffing, financial matters and resourcing; | ||
(b) overall responsibility for ensuring compliance of the registered mental health service with the provisions of this Act; | ||
(c) ensuring compliance with any conditions attached to the registration of the registered mental health service; | ||
(d) making an application under Part 5 of the Act of 2015 for the purposes of Chapter 3 of Part 3; | ||
(e) maintaining or causing to be maintained records in accordance with this Act; | ||
(f) liaising with the Commission from time to time and when requested to do so by the Commission. | ||
(4) The Commission shall assess the person proposed to be the registered proprietor when an application for registration is made under section 149 , 150 or 151 and may approve the inclusion of the registered proprietor on the register where the Commission is of the opinion that the registered proprietor has complied with all requirements imposed on the registered proprietor under this Act and any regulations made thereunder. |