{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-care-homes-and-independent-hospitals-regulations-2005/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-care-homes-and-independent-hospitals-regulations-2005/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2687",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Care Homes and Independent Hospitals) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-care-homes-and-independent-hospitals-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991",
  "text": "(1) The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.\n(2) In regulation 7 (persons in certain accommodation other than hospitals) —\n(a) in paragraph (5)(c) for “residential homes” substitute “ independent hospitals or care homes ”;\n(b) after paragraph (5) insert the following paragraph—\n“(6) In paragraph (5)—\n“care home” in England and Wales has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 of the Care Standards Act 2000, and in Scotland means a care home service within the meaning assigned to it by section 2(3) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001;\n“independent hospital” in England and Wales has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000, and in Scotland means an independent healthcare service as defined in section 2(5)(a) and (b) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/2740."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2002/208."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2687/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:19.167819+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."
}