# Registered Homes Act 1984 (repealed), Section 24: Prohibition of holding out premises as nursing home, maternity home or mental nursing home.

Extent: E+W

(1) A person who, with intent to deceive any person,—
(a) applies any name to premises in England or Wales; or
(b) in any way so describes such premises or holds such premises out,
as 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.
(2) A person who, with intent to deceive any person,—
(a) applies any name to premises in England or Wales; or
(b) in any way so describes such premises or holds such premises out,
as 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/23/section/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registered-homes-act-1984-repealed/section-24
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