3. In regulation 16 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household)—
(a)in paragraph (3)(e)(1) for “in residential accommodation, a residential care home or a nursing home” there shall be substituted “residing in a residential care home, nursing home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital”;
(b)in paragraph (5)(b)(2) the words from “provided under” to “in regulation 21(3)” shall be omitted;
(c)in paragraph (8) before the definition of “an authority”(3) there shall be inserted the following definition—
““accommodation” means accommodation provided or arranged by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety under Article 15 or 36 of the 1972 Order in a home owned or managed by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust where the accommodation is provided for a person whose stay in that accommodation has become other than temporary;”.
Paragraph 3(e) was amended by paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 1993 No. 149
Paragraph 5(b) was amended by regulation 8(d) of S.R. 1988 No. 146, regulation 3 and 10 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1989 No. 139 and regulation 8(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 199
The definition of “an authority” was inserted by regulation 2(3)(c)(i) of S.R. 1998 No. 2