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Paragraph 4 I1I2

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

An agreement that grants a right of occupation of accommodation in a hospital or hospice.

(2)

“Hospital”—

(a)

in relation to England, has the meaning given in section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006;

(b)

in relation to Wales, has the meaning given in section 206 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

(c)

in relation to Scotland, has the meaning given in section 108 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

(d)

in relation to Northern Ireland, has the meaning given in Article 2(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)).

(3)

“Hospice” means an establishment other than a hospital whose primary function is the provision of palliative care to persons resident there who are suffering from a progressive disease in its final stages.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 1.12.2014 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/2771, art. 6(1)(m)

I2

Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 1.2.2016 for E. in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2016/11, art. 2(m)