Article 12 State Pension Credit Regulations 2002I1

In regulation 1 of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (citation, commencement and interpretation)^f1, for the definition of “independent hospital” in paragraph (2), substitute—

• ““independent hospital”—

  1. (a)

     in England, means a hospital as defined by section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 that is not a health service hospital as defined by that section;

  2. (b)

     in Wales, has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000; and

  3. (c)

     in Scotland, means an independent healthcare service as defined in section 2(5)(a) and (b) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001;”.