Definition of hospital2
For the definition of hospital currently effective for the purposes of paragraph 8 (hospital patients) of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 19882 there is substituted the following definition–
“Hospital” means–
- a
a health service hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977; and
- b
a military, air-force or naval unit or establishment in England and Wales at or in which medical or surgical treatment is provided for persons subject–
- i
by virtue of section 205 of the Army Act 1955, to military law;
- ii
by virtue of section 205 of the Air Force Act 1955, to air-force law; or
- iii
by virtue of section 111 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, to that Act.