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1. In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)after the definition of “the Registered Homes Order”(1) there shall be inserted the following definition—
““Abbeyfield Home” means an establishment run by the Abbeyfield Society including all bodies corporate or incorporate which are affiliated to that Society;”;
(ii)after the definition of “housing benefit expenditure”(2) there shall be inserted the following definition—
““independent hospital” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;”;
(iii)for the definition of “nursing home”(3) there shall be substituted the following definition—
““nursing home” has the meaning it has for the purposes of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 by virtue of Article 11 of that Order;”;
(iv)the definition of “residential accommodation”(4) shall be omitted, and
(v)for the definition of “residential care home”(5) there shall be substituted the following definition—
““residential care home” has the meaning it has for the purposes of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 by virtue of Article 10 of that Order;”.
(b)in paragraph (1A)(6) for the words from “or a nursing home” to “reside in that home” there shall be substituted “, nursing home, Abbeyfield home or an independent hospital and he is temporarily absent from that home or hospital, he shall be regarded as continuing to reside in that home or hospital”.
The definition of “the Registered Homes Order” was inserted by regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 1993 No. 149
The definition of “housing benefit expenditure” was substituted by regulation 4(1) of S.R. 1997 No. 22
The definition of “ nursing home” was substituted by regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 1(a)(i) of Part I of the Schedule to S.R. 2002 No. 132
The definition of “residential accommodation” was substituted by regulation 2(c) of S.R. 1988 No. 318 and amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to S.R. 1989 No. 139 and regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 1(a)(ii) of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132
The definition of “residential care home” was inserted by regulation 2(2)(d) of S.R. 1993 No. 149 and substituted by regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 1(a)(i) of Part I of the Schedule to S.R. 2002 No. 132
Paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 1(b) of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132 and amended by regulation 3(2) of S.R. 2003 No. 261
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