Paragraph 175 F1

England and Wales

(1)

“ Hospital ” means—

(a)

an NHS hospital, or

(b)

an independent hospital.

(2)

“ NHS hospital ” means—

(a)

a health service hospital as defined by section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 206 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, or

(b)

a hospital as defined by section 206 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 vested in a Local Health Board.

(F23)

Independent hospital”—

(a)

in relation to England, means a hospital as defined by section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 that is not an NHS hospital; and

(b)

in relation to Wales, means a hospital as defined by section 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 that is not an NHS hospital.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. A1 inserted (1.4.2008 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.2009) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12) , ss. 50 , 56 , Sch. 7 ; S.I. 2008/745 , art. 4(a) ; S.I. 2009/139 , art. 2(c) (with art. 3 , Sch. paras. 3 , 4 )
F2: Sch. A1 para. 175(3) substituted (1.10.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments No.2) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/813), art. 17(7)(b)(i)