{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/voluntary-hospitals-paying-patients-act-1936/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5and1Edw8/26/17",
  "legislation_title": "Voluntary Hospitals (Paying Patients) Act 1936",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/voluntary-hospitals-paying-patients-act-1936",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definitions.",
  "text": "In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—\n“voluntary hospital” means an institution (not being an institution which is carried on for profit or which is maintained wholly or mainly at the expense of the rates or which is vested in an NHS trust or an NHS foundation trustor which is vested in the Secretary of State) which provides medical or surgical treatment for in-patients;\n“ committee of management ” includes any body or persons having the management or control of a voluntary hospital\n“ NHS trust ” means a National Health Service trust established under the National Health Service Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 ;\n“ Order ” means an Order made by the Charity Commission for any of the purposes specified in subsection (1) of section two of this Act.\n...",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2) , s. 66(1) , Sch. 9 para. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 1 substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) , s. 306(4) , Sch. 5 para. 1(a) ; S.I. 2013/160 , art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9 )"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words inserted by National Health Service Act 1946 (c. 81) , Sch. 10 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1968/1699 , arts. 2 , 5(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Definition inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2) , s. 66(1) , Sch. 9 para. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 1 substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43) , s. 8(2) , Sch. 1 para. 2(a) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1 )"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 1 substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50) , s. 79(2) , Sch. 8 para. 22 ; S.I. 2007/309 , art. 2 , Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 1 omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) , s. 306(4) , Sch. 5 para. 1(b) ; S.I. 2013/160 , art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9 )"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5and1Edw8/26/17/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:35:18.946383+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."
}