Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

5.  In regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (interpretation)(1), for the definition of “independent hospital” 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.1987/1967. The definition of “independent hospital” was inserted by S.I. 2005/2687, regulation 2, Schedule 1, paragraph 1(a)(ii).