{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-homes-act-1984-repealed/section-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-homes-act-1984-repealed/section-24.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/23",
  "legislation_title": "Registered Homes Act 1984 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-homes-act-1984-repealed",
  "path": "section/24",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Prohibition of holding out premises as nursing home, maternity home or mental nursing home.",
  "text": "(1) A person who, with intent to deceive any person,—\n(a) applies any name to premises in England or Wales; or\n(b) in any way so describes such premises or holds such premises out,\nas to indicate, or reasonably be understood to indicate, that the premises are a nursing home or maternity home, shall be guilty of an offence unless registration has been effected under this Part of this Act in respect of the premises as a nursing home.\n(2) A person who, with intent to deceive any person,—\n(a) applies any name to premises in England or Wales; or\n(b) in any way so describes such premises or holds such premises out,\nas to indicate, or reasonably be understood to indicate, that the premises are a mental nursing home, shall be guilty of an offence, unless registration has been effected under this Part of this Act in respect of the premises as a mental nursing home.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/23/section/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:03:04.654679+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."
}