The Special Procedures Approved Premises and Vehicles (Wales) Regulations 2024

Exempted premises or vehicles

4.  In this regulation—

“dwelling” (“annedd”) includes (but is not limited to)—

(a)

an “adult care home” which has the meaning given in section 28(1) of the Act;

(b)

a “hospice” which means premises wholly or mainly used for the provision of palliative care to persons, who are suffering from a progressive disease in its final stages, by or on behalf of an establishment the primary function of which is the provision of such care.

“regulated independent healthcare establishment” (“sefydliad gofal iechyd annibynnol a reoleiddir”) means—

(a)

an independent clinic as defined by section 2(4) of the Care Standards Act 2000(1) and as prescribed by regulation 4 of the Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2011(2);

(b)

an independent hospital as defined by section 2(2) and (3) of the Care Standards Act 2000 and as prescribed by regulation 3 of the Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2011;

(c)

a private dental practice as defined by regulation 3(1) of the Private Dentistry (Wales) Regulations 2017(3).

(1)

2000 c. 14.

(2)

S.I. 2011/734 (W. 112), amended by S.I. 2017/202 (W. 57); there are other amending instruments, but none is relevant.

(3)

S.I. 2017/202 (W. 57). See regulation 4 of those Regulations for undertakings which are not private dental practices.