PART 8Effect of time spent in care homes, hospital and legal detention
Exception: HospicesI129
1
Regulations 27(2) and 28(2) do not apply where the individual is residing in a hospice and has a terminal illness.
2
In this regulation, “hospice” means a hospital or other institution whose primary function is to provide palliative care for persons resident there who are suffering from a progressive disease in its final stages, other than—
a
a health service hospital (within the meaning of section 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 197852) in Scotland,
b
a health service hospital (within the meaning of section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 200653) in England,
c
a hospital in Wales vested in—
i
an NHS trust,
ii
a Local Health Board, or
iii
the Welsh Ministers,
for the purpose of functions under the National Health Service (Wales) Act 200654,
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a hospital or similar institution under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 or the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991,
d
a hospital maintained or administered by the Defence Council, or
e
an institution similar to a hospital mentioned in any of the preceding sub-paragraphs.
3
In this regulation—
“NHS trust” means a body established under section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, and
“Local Health Board” means a body established under section 11 of that Act.