{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-and-improvement-authority-registration-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/schedule-8/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-and-improvement-authority-registration-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/schedule-8/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/99",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulation and Improvement Authority (Registration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-and-improvement-authority-registration-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Registers relating to independent hospitals, independent hospitals in which treatment or nursing or both are provided for persons liable to be detained under the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, independent clinics and independent medical agencies",
  "text": "(a) In the case of the register relating to –\n(i) independent hospitals, the code IH;\n(ii) independent clinics, the code IC;\n(iii) independent medical agencies, the code IMA.\n(a) In the case of each of the registers relating respectively to independent hospitals, independent hospitals in which treatment or nursing (or both) are provided for persons liable to be detained under the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, independent clinics and independent medical agencies, which (if any) of the following categories in respect of service users are applicable, each category to be indicated by reference to the following code –\nAcute hospitals (with overnight beds)\nAH\nAcute hospitals (day surgery only)\nAH(DS)\nMental health treatment establishments, not including those where\npeople are liable to be detained\nMH\nMental health establishments taking people liable to be detained\nMH(D)\nHospices for adults\nH(A)\nHospices for children\nH(C)\nMaternity hospitals/clinics\nMAT\nPrescribed techniques or prescribed technology: establishments using Class 3B or Class 4 lasers\nPT(L)\nPrescribed techniques or prescribed technology: establishments using intense light sources\nPT(IL)\nPrescribed techniques or prescribed technology: establishments providing dialysis\nPT(DL)\nPrescribed techniques or prescribed technology: establishments using endoscopy\nPT(E)\nPrescribed techniques or prescribed technology: establishments providing in vitro fertilisation\nPT(IVF)\nPrescribed techniques or prescribed technology: establishments providing hyperbaric oxygen treatment\nPT(HBO)\nPrivate doctors: walk-in medical centres\nPD(M)\nPrivate doctors (other)\nPD\nPrivate doctors: independent medical agencies\nPD(IMA)",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 8 in operation at 1.4.2005, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/99/schedule/8/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:53:46.801825+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."
}