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Regulation 29 Exception: Hospices

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(1)

Regulations 27(2) and 28(2) do not apply where the individual is residing in a hospice and has a terminal illness.

(2)

In this regulation, “hospice” means a hospital or other institution whose primary function is to provide palliative care for persons resident there who are suffering from a progressive disease in its final stages, other than—

(a)

a health service hospital (within the meaning of section 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978f1) in Scotland,

(b)

a health service hospital (within the meaning of section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006f2) in England,

(c)

a hospital in Wales vested in—

(i)

an NHS trust,

(ii)

a Local Health Board, or

(iii)

the Welsh Ministers,

for the purpose of functions under the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006f3,

(d)

a hospital maintained or administered by the Defence Council, or

(e)

an institution similar to a hospital mentioned in any of the preceding sub-paragraphs.

(3)

In this regulation—

  • “NHS trust” means a body established under section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, and

  • “Local Health Board” means a body established under section 11 of that Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1978 c. 29. Section 108(1) was relevantly amended by paragraph 6(a) of schedule 6 of the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) and paragraph 19(22)(b) of schedule 9 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).

f2

2006 c. 41. Section 275 was relevantly amended by paragraph 138(2)(b) of schedule 4(12) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7).

f3

2006 c. 42.