Regulation 3 Amendment of regulation 9 of the General Regulations

In regulation 9 of the General Regulations (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as no longer a member of the same household)—

(a)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

for the word “in-patient” where it first occurs there shall be substituted the word “patient” and, in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “an in-patient” there shall be substituted the words “a patient”;

(ii)

for the words “in a prison or youth custody institution” where they first occur there shall be substituted the words “detained in custody”; and where, in sub-paragraph (c), they occur for a second time there shall be substituted the words “detained in custody whilst”;

(b)

after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(3)

In this regulation “patient” has the same meaning as in regulation 8(3)(a) (membership of the same household).”.