Paragraph 9 Nursing Homes
The appropriate amount applicable to a claimant in a home for persons in need or a nursing home shall, subject to paragraph 10, be determined—
(a)
where the home is a home for persons in need registered under Article 35 of, and Schedule 5 to, the 1972 Order by reference to the particulars recorded in the register kept by the relevant Health and Social Services Board for the purposes of that Order; or
(b)
where the home is a home for persons in need not so registered or a nursing home, by reference to the type of care which, taking into account the facilities and accommodation provided, the home is providing to the claimant.