Regulation 2 Relevant premises

In section 26A(1) of the 1948 Act (exclusion of powers to provide accommodation in certain cases), “relevant premises” shall include premises which are an establishment in which residential accommodation with both board and personal care is or is intended to be provided for fewer than four persons, excluding persons carrying on or intending to carry on the home or employed or intended to be employed there and their relatives.

In section 86A(1) of the 1968 Act (exclusion of powers to provide accommodation in certain cases), “relevant premises” shall include premises which are an establishment provided by a housing association registered with Scottish Homes established by the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988^f1which provides care equivalent to that given in residential accommodation provided under Part IV of the 1968 Act.

In both section 26A(1) of the 1948 Act and section 86A(1) of the 1968 Act, “relevant premises” shall include premises run by the Abbeyfield Society including all bodies corporate or incorporate which are affiliated to that Society.