8.—(1) The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000 M1 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)—
(a)in paragraph (2)—
(i)omit the definitions of “nursing home” and “residential accommodation”;
(ii)at the appropriate places insert the following definitions— “care home” in England and Wales has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 of the Care Standards Act 2000 M2, and in Scotland means a care home service as defined by section 2(3) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 M3; ”
““independent hospital” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000, and in Scotland means an independent healthcare service as defined in section 2(5)(a) and (b) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001;”;
(b)in paragraph (3) M4—
(i)omit “Subject to paragraph (3A),”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (a) for heads (i) to (iii) substitute—
“(i)a care home;
(ii)an independent hospital; or”;
(c)omit paragraph (3A).
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 2000/729. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2000/2864, 2001/3375, 2003/1121 and 2004/2154.
M32001asp.8.
M4Paragraph (3) was substituted by S.I. 2001/3375.