Amendment of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000
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.