Regulation 3 Excepted establishments
For the purposes of the 2000 Act, an establishment is excepted from being a residential family centre if—
it is a hospital within the meaning of section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or a care home;
it is a hostel or a domestic violence refuge; F2...
the main purpose of the establishment is to provide accommodation together with other services or facilities for families, and the fact that the parents’ capacity to respond to their children’s needs and to safeguard their welfare is monitored or assessed, is incidental to the main purpose of the establishment; or
the main purpose of the establishment is to provide accommodation together with other services or facilities to adults, and the fact that those adults may be parents, or may be accompanied by their children, is incidental to the main purpose of the establishment.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 3(a) substituted (1.10.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Miscellaneous Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1881), arts. 1(1), 14
- F2
Word in reg. 3(b) revoked (1.4.2013) by The Residential Family Centres (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/499), regs. 1, 4(a)
- F3
Reg. 3(ba) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Residential Family Centres (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/499), regs. 1, 4(b)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
2000 c. 14. These powers are exercisable by the appropriate Minister, who is defined in section 121(1) of the 2000 Act, in relation to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as the Secretary of State, and in relation to Wales, as the National Assembly for Wales. “Prescribed” and “regulations” are defined in section 121(1) of that Act.
- F2
See section 22(9) of the 2000 Act for the requirement to consult.