Accommodation for residential care: supplementary provisionsU.K.
12.—(1) For the purposes of Part 1 of this Schedule, accommodation for residential care is to include a dwelling which is occupied by—
(a)a person who immediately before 19th May 1988 was licensed by a television licence for accommodation for residential care (“a licensee”); or
(b)a person who immediately before that date was living with a licensee and who would, at that time, have qualified to be so licensed,
and which is publicly provided or managed.
(2) A dwelling, which is situated in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, shall not constitute accommodation for residential care by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) if every person occupying it who falls within paragraph (a) or (b) of that sub-paragraph is aged 75 years or more.
(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in the Bailiwick of Jersey.