Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 2006 Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006^f1;

• “the Act” means the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;

• “care home” has the meaning assigned by section 3 of the Care Standards Act 2000^f2;

• “care services” has the meaning given in section 221(6) of the Act;

• “excluded activities” means any activities provided in pursuance of—

  1. (a)

     the social services functions of a local authority so far as relating to persons aged under 18;

  2. (b)

     the functions, in so far as not covered by paragraph (a), conferred on or exercised by a local authority under the Children Act 1989^f3, the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999^f4 or the Adoption and Children Act 2002^f5; and

  3. (c)

     the functions, in so far as not covered by paragraph (a), continuing to be exercisable by a local authority under the Adoption Act 1976^f6;

• “excluded premises” means—

  1. (a)

     parts of a care home which are not communal areas;

  2. (b)

     premises or parts of premises used as residential accommodation for employees of services-providers;

  3. (c)

     premises which are occupied by one or more persons as their home and which at least one of those persons occupies under a tenancy or a licence;

• “social services functions”, in relation to a local authority, has the same meaning as in the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970^f7.