# Nurses Agencies Regulations 2002, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000;
“agency” means a nurses agency;
“nurse” means a registered nurse, registered midwife or registered health visitor;
“NHS trust” has the same meaning as in the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“organisation” means a body corporate or any unincorporated association other than a partnership;
“patient” means a person to whom nursing is provided by a nurse supplied by an agency;
“registered manager”, in relation to an agency, means a person who is registered under Part II of the Act as the manager of that agency;
“registered person”, in relation to an agency, means any person who is the registered provider or the registered manager of that agency;
“registered provider”, in relation to an agency, means a person who is registered under Part II of the Act as the person carrying on that agency;
“responsible individual” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 7;
“service user” means a person to whom an agency—
(a) supplies a nurse who is employed by the agency; or
(b) provides services for the purpose of supplying the service user with a nurse for employment by that service user;
“service user’s guide” means the written guide produced in accordance with regulation 5;
“statement of purpose” means the written statement compiled in accordance with regulation 4.
(2) In these Regulations, references to the supply of a nurse mean—
(a) the supply of a nurse who is employed for the purposes of an agency to act for and under the control of another person; and
(b) the introduction of a nurse by an agency to a service user for employment by that service user.
(3) In the definition of “service user” in paragraphs (1) and (2), the terms “employed” and “employment” include employment under a contract for services.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3212/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-agencies-regulations-2002/regulation-2
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