{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001/schedule-3/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001/schedule-3/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2001/8",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14)",
  "text": "In paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (persons disregarded for purposes of discount)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for heads (a) and (b) there is substituted—\n“(a) either—\n(i) he has as his sole or main residence a private hospital in Scotland; or\n(ii) a care home service provides, in Scotland, accommodation which is his sole or main residence; and\n(b) he is receiving care or treatment (or both) in the hospital or in the accommodation so provided.”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2)—\n(i) the definitions of “hostel\", “nursing home\" and “residential care home\" are repealed; and\n(ii) after the word “paragraph—\" there is inserted—\n““care home service” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8); and”;\n(c) sub-paragraph (3) is repealed; and\n(d) in sub-paragraph (4)—\n(i) the words “nursing home\", are repealed; and\n(ii) for the words “residential care home\" there is substituted “ care home service ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 18 wholly in force at 1.4.2002, see s. 81(2)-(4) and S.S.I. 2002/162, art. 2(h) (subject to arts. 3-13)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/8/schedule/3/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:15.795839+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."
}