Regulation 8 Amendment of regulation 16 of the General RegulationsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

In regulation 16 of the General Regulations (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household)—

(a)

in paragraph (1) for the words “where any of them” there shall be substituted the words “notwithstanding that any of them”;

(b)

in paragraph (2) at the end there Shall be added the words “unless that person has been a patient within the meaning of regulation 21(3) for a period in excess of 52 weeks and is not a member of a couple or of a polygamous marriage”;

(c)

in paragraph (3)(c) for the words “paragraph (a)” there shall be substituted the words “in any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (d)”;

(d)

in paragraph (5)—

(i)

for the words “and he” there shall be substituted the words “and who”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “residential accommodation” there shall be substituted the words “accommodation provided under any of the provisions referred to in any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of the definition of residential accommodation in regulation 21(3)”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 8 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1(1)