# Care Standards Act 2000, Section 3: Care homes in England

Extent: E+W

(1) For the purposes of this Act, an establishment in England is a care home if it provides accommodation, together with nursing or personal care, for any of the following persons.
(2) They are—
(a) persons who are or have been ill;
(b) persons who have or have had a mental disorder;
(c) persons who are disabled or infirm;
(d) persons who are or have been dependent on alcohol or drugs.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) And an establishment ... is not a care home if it is—
(a) a hospital (within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 2006); or
(b) a children's home,
or if it is of a description excepted by regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/14/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000/section-3
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