{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/schedule-1/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/schedule-1/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/14",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Finance Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person shall be disregarded for the purposes of discount on a particular day if on the day he is a patient who has his sole or main residence in a hospital.\n(2) In this paragraph “hospital” means—\n(a) a health service hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 2006, the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or section 108(1) (interpretation) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978; and\n(b) a military, air-force or naval unit or establishment at or in which medical or surgical treatment is provided for persons subject to service law within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006.\n(3) The Secretary of State may by order substitute another definition for the definition in sub-paragraph (2) above as for the time being effective for the purposes of this paragraph.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(a) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 2, Sch. 1 para. 152"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(b) substituted (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 123(3); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1978 c. 29."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/14/schedule/1/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:10.132114+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."
}