# The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1987/459/schedule/4/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/schedule-4/paragraph-9
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