{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/160",
  "legislation_title": "The Nursing Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Statement of purpose",
  "text": "(1) The registered person shall compile in relation to the nursing home a written statement which shall consist of –\n(a) a statement of the aims and objectives of the nursing home;\n(b) a statement as to the facilities and services which are to be provided by the registered person for patients; and\n(c) a statement as to the matters listed in Schedule 1.\n(2) The registered person shall supply a copy of the statement of purpose to the Regulation and Improvement Authority and shall make a copy of it available for inspection by every patient and any representative of a patient.\n(3) Nothing in regulation 18(1) or 27(1) shall require or authorise the registered person to contravene, or not to comply with –\n(a) any other provision of these Regulations; or\n(b) the conditions for the time being in force in relation to the registration of the registered person under Part III of the Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in operation at 1.4.2005, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/160/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:53:03.905822+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."
}