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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-neonatal-care-pay-general-regulations-2025/regulation-4/enacted",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-neonatal-care-pay-general-regulations-2025/regulation-4/enacted.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/376",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-neonatal-care-pay-general-regulations-2025/enacted",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Definition of neonatal care",
  "text": "(1) The prescribed kinds of care within the meaning of “neonatal care” for the purposes of Part 12ZE of the 1992 Act are—\n(a) medical care received in a hospital;\n(b) medical care received in any other place that meets the following criteria—\n(i) the child was an inpatient in hospital and the care is received upon that child leaving hospital;\n(ii) the care is under the direction of a consultant; and\n(iii) the care includes ongoing monitoring by, and visits to the child from, healthcare professionals arranged by the hospital referred to in paragraph (i); and\n(c) palliative or end-of-life care.\n(2) For the purposes of Part 12ZE of the 1992 Act and these Regulations, neonatal care is to be treated as continuing without interruption throughout any period spent by C being transported from one place where neonatal care is received to another place where neonatal care is received.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“consultant” means a registered medical practitioner who —\nis an NHS consultant within the meaning of section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 employed for the purposes of providing any service as part of—\nthe health service as defined by section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 206(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006; or\nthe health service as defined by section 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;\nis on the Specialist Register kept by the General Medical Council under section 34D of the Medical Act 1983 and holds a consultant post; or\ndoes not fall within (a) or (b) but meets one of the following criteria -\nis working as a locum consultant in the NHS or in private practice,\nis working as a consultant in private practice; or\nis working as a consultant in the armed forces;\n“hospital” means—\nany institution for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from illness, and\nany maternity home,\nincluding clinics and out-patient departments maintained in connection with any such institution or home.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "enacted",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 6.4.2025, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 54. Section 55 was amended by S.I. 2010/234 and 2010/478. The section defines NHS consultant to mean a consultant other than a locum consultant but including an honorary consultant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2006 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2006 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1978 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1983 c. 54. Amended by S.I. 2019/593."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/376/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:18:18.969079+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."
}