{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008-regulated-activities-regulations-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008-regulated-activities-regulations-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2936",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008-regulated-activities-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Transport services, triage and medical advice provided remotely",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), transport services provided by means of a vehicle which is designed for the primary purpose of carrying a person who requires treatment.\n(2) Medical advice in cases where immediate action or attention is needed, or triage provided, over the telephone or by electronic mail by a body established for that purpose.\n(3) Transport services which are provided within the confines of the site or venue being used for an activity or event mentioned in paragraph 4(3)(f) or (g) are excepted from sub-paragraph (1).\n(3) Transport services are excepted from sub-paragraph (1) if they are provided within the confines of a site or venue being used for—\n(a) a sporting activity or event, or\n(b) a cultural event.\n(4) The provision of an air ambulance is excepted from sub-paragraph (1) where—\n(a) the aircraft is registered with the Civil Aviation Authority pursuant to article 27 (application for the registration of an aircraft) of the Air Navigation Order 2016, and\n(b) the person providing the air ambulance does not provide treatment to a patient.\n(5) For the purposes of this paragraph—\n“triage” means the assignment of degrees of urgency to diseases, disorders or injuries in order to decide the order and place of treatment of service users;\n“vehicle” includes an air or water ambulance.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9(3) substituted (7.9.2026 for specified purposes) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/495), regs. 1(3), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(a) substituted (25.8.2016) by The Air Navigation Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/765), art. 1, Sch. 14 Pt. 2 para. 7 (with arts. 17-23, 274(2)-(4))"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2936/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:57:37.138627+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}