Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 1 of the principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2)(a)—

(a)

in the definition of “independent clinic”—

(i)

in paragraph (b), for “2001;” substitute “2001, and”, and

(ii)

after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)
in relation to Northern Ireland, has the meaning given by article 2(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003^f1;”;

(b)

in the definition of “independent hospital”—

(i)

in paragraph (b), for “2001;” substitute “2001, and”, and

(ii)

after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)
in relation to Northern Ireland, has the meaning given by article 2(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;”; and

(c)

in the definition of “independent medical agency”—

(i)

in paragraph (b), for “2001;” substitute “2001, and”, and

(ii)

after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)
in relation to Northern Ireland, has the meaning given by article 2(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;”;

(d)

after the definition of “nurse independent prescriber” insert the following definition—

““nursing home” has the meaning given by article 11 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2003/431 (N.I.9).