# Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, Paragraph 18: Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14)


In paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (persons disregarded for purposes of discount)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for heads (a) and (b) there is substituted—
“(a) either—
(i) he has as his sole or main residence a private hospital in Scotland; or
(ii) a care home service provides, in Scotland, accommodation which is his sole or main residence; and
(b) he is receiving care or treatment (or both) in the hospital or in the accommodation so provided.”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (2)—
(i) the definitions of “hostel", “nursing home" and “residential care home" are repealed; and
(ii) after the word “paragraph—" there is inserted—
““care home service” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8); and”;
(c) sub-paragraph (3) is repealed; and
(d) in sub-paragraph (4)—
(i) the words “nursing home", are repealed; and
(ii) for the words “residential care home" there is substituted “ care home service ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/8/schedule/3/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001/schedule-3/paragraph-18
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