# The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Miscellaneous Consequential Amendments) Order 2010, Article 5: Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (interpretation), for the definition of “independent hospital” substitute—
““independent hospital”—
(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;
(b) in Wales, has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000; and
(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;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1881/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008-miscellaneous-consequential-amendments-order-2010/article-5
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