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Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008

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

“independent hospital”—

(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;

(b)

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

(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;.

(1)

S.I. 2008/794, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.