Local Government Finance Act 1988

9 (1) A person is an exempt individual on a particular day if at any time on the day one or each of the following paragraphs applies to him—

(a) he has his sole or main residence in a residential care home, nursing home, mental nursing home or hostel, and he is receiving care or treatment (or both) in the home or hostel;

(b) he is detained under Part II of the Mental Health Act 1983 in a mental nursing home.

(2) A residential care home is—

(a) an establishment in respect of which registration is required under Part I of the [1984 c. 23.] Registered Homes Act 1984 or would be so required but for section 1(4) or (5)(j) of that Act, or

(b) a building or part of a building in which residential accommodation is provided under section 21 of the [1948 c. 29.] National Assistance Act 1948 or paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 8 to the National Health Service Act 1977.

(3) A nursing home is anything which is a nursing home within the meaning of the Registered Homes Act 1984 or would be but for section 21(3)(a) of that Act.

(4) A hostel is anything which falls within any definition of hostel for the time being prescribed by order made by the Secretary of State under this sub-paragraph.

(5) A mental nursing home is anything which is a mental nursing home within the meaning of the Registered Homes Act 1984.

(6) The Secretary of State may by order substitute another definition for any definition of a residential care home, nursing home or mental nursing home for the time being effective for the purposes of this paragraph.