Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 200825

In regulation 2 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (interpretation)24, for the definition of “independent hospital” in paragraph (1), substitute—

  • “independent hospital”—

    1. a

      in England, means a hospital as defined by section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 that is not a health service hospital as defined by that section;

    2. b

      in Wales, has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000; and

    3. c

      in Scotland, means an independent healthcare service as defined in section 2(5)(a) and (b) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001;