8. In Schedule 3 (housing costs) M1—
(a)for sub-paragraph (13)(c) of paragraph 3 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home) M2 substitute—
“(c)“residential accommodation” means accommodation which is a care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an an independent hospital;”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (1)(b) of paragraph 4 (housing costs not met) for “in accommodation which is a residential care home or a nursing home except where he is in such accommodation” substitute “ living in care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital except where he is living in such a home or hospital ”.
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M1Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 1995/1613.
M2Sub-paragraph 13(c) of paragraph 3 was amended by S.I. 2001/3767.