The Social Security (Care Homes and Independent Hospitals) Regulations 2005

10.  In Schedule 5 (applicable amounts in special cases)—

(a) in paragraph 5 (specified cases of temporarily separated couples) at column (1)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for heads (i) and (ii) substitute—

“(i) not a patient but is residing in a care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital, or”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for heads (iii) and (iv) substitute—

“(iii) residing in a care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital.”;

(b) in paragraph 6 (polygamous marriages where one or more partners are temporarily separated) at column (1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a) not a patient but is residing in a care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital, or”;