# The Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022, Regulation 29: Exception: Hospices


(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 1978) in Scotland,
(b) a health service hospital (within the meaning of section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006) 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 2006,
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2022/9780111052778/regulation/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-disability-assistance-for-working-age-people-scotland-regulations-2022/regulation-29
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