Paragraph 1 General

In this Schedule–

• “disabled person” means a person who is blind, deaf or dumb or who is substantially and permanently handicapped by illness, injury or congenital deformity;

• “a group of specially provided dwellings” means a group of at least four dwellings–

  1. (a)

     which are provided for occupation by disabled persons, mentally disordered persons or retired persons of pensionable age;

  2. (b)

     which have been erected or converted for the purposes of such occupation;

  3. (c)

     for which there is a person whose functibn is to care for the needs of the persons referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above and who either lives in one of the dwellings within the group or works in that group for at least 30 hours per week; and

  4. (d)

     which fall within a common and exclusive boundary:

Provided that the condition in sub-paragraph (a) above does not cease to be satisfied if any dwelling is–

• “a resident” means a disabled person, a mentally disordered person or a retired person of pensionable age who is ordinarily resident in accommodation for residential care, but does not include a person in charge thereof or otherwise employed therein or a member of the family of either of them.