# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1992, Regulation 11: Amendment of regulation 2 of the Hospital In-Patients Regulations


For paragraph (2) of regulation 2 of the Hospital In-Patients Regulations (interpretation) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person shall be regarded as receiving or having received free in-patient treatment for any period for which he is or has been maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient—
(a) in a hospital or similar institution, under the National Health Service Act 1977, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990; or
(b) in a hospital or similar institution maintained or administered by the Defence Council;
and such a person shall for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) be regarded as being maintained free of charge in a hospital or similar institution unless his accommoda tion and services are provided under section 65 of the National Health Service Act 1977, section 58 of, or paragraph 14 of Schedule 7A to, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2595/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-provisions-amendment-no-2-regulations-1992/regulation-11
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