sec.126Restrictions on granting application

### sec.126 Restrictions on granting application The chief executive must not grant the application unless the chief executive is satisfied— the applicant is a suitable entity to provide care services; and the following persons are suitable persons— the directors of the applicant; the nominee for the licence; the persons who will be, or are, responsible for directly managing a care service the subject of the application; the persons who will be, or are, performing risk-assessed roles for a care service the subject of the application; and each person mentioned in paragraph (b) (i) or (ii) holds a working with children authority; and the applicant will comply with the Working with Children Check Act 2000 , chapter 7 , in carrying on a regulated business or employing persons in regulated employment under that Act; and the standard of care provided complies, and will continue to comply, with the statement of standards; and methods for the selection, training and management of people engaged in providing the services are suitable; and the applicant’s primary function is a function relating to the care of children in need of protection who are in the custody or guardianship of the chief executive; and any accommodation provided by the applicant to children in need of protection is, and will continue to be, at a place that the applicant has a suitable right to occupy. residential premises leased, rented or owned by the applicant a motel room booked by the applicant s 126 amd 2003 No. 57 s 39 (1) sch 3 ; 2006 No. 17 s 5 ; 2010 No. 5 s 25 ; 2010 No. 33 s 59 ; 2014 No. 28 s 9 ; 2019 No. 18 s 86 (2) sch 2 ; 2022 No. 7 ss 40, 132 sch 1 ; 2024 No. 49 s 130 (2) sch 4 pt 2 - (a) the applicant is a suitable entity to provide care services; and - (b) the following persons are suitable persons— (i) the directors of the applicant; (ii) the nominee for the licence; (iii) the persons who will be, or are, responsible for directly managing a care service the subject of the application; (iv) the persons who will be, or are, performing risk-assessed roles for a care service the subject of the application; and - (i) the directors of the applicant; - (ii) the nominee for the licence; - (iii) the persons who will be, or are, responsible for directly managing a care service the subject of the application; - (iv) the persons who will be, or are, performing risk-assessed roles for a care service the subject of the application; and - (c) each person mentioned in paragraph (b) (i) or (ii) holds a working with children authority; and - (d) the applicant will comply with the Working with Children Check Act 2000 , chapter 7 , in carrying on a regulated business or employing persons in regulated employment under that Act; and - (e) the standard of care provided complies, and will continue to comply, with the statement of standards; and - (f) methods for the selection, training and management of people engaged in providing the services are suitable; and - (g) the applicant’s primary function is a function relating to the care of children in need of protection who are in the custody or guardianship of the chief executive; and - (h) any accommodation provided by the applicant to children in need of protection is, and will continue to be, at a place that the applicant has a suitable right to occupy. Example of a place that an applicant has a suitable right to occupy— residential premises leased, rented or owned by the applicant Example of a place that an applicant does not have a suitable right to occupy— a motel room booked by the applicant - (i) the directors of the applicant; - (ii) the nominee for the licence; - (iii) the persons who will be, or are, responsible for directly managing a care service the subject of the application; - (iv) the persons who will be, or are, performing risk-assessed roles for a care service the subject of the application; and