Registered Homes Act 1984

2(1)In the case of a nursing home which was in existence on 1st July 1928 the registration of a person in respect of that home shall not be cancelled on the ground that the provision of paragraph (f) or (g) of section 25 above are not complied with unless, in the case of a nursing home not being a maternity home, the nursing of the patients in the home is not under the superintendence of a qualified nurse who is resident in the home.

(2)For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1) above, a nursing home shall not be deemed to be a home which was in existence on 1st July 1928 if, in the case of a home which was carried on at that date by an individual, it has ceased since that date or ceases to be carried on by that individual solely, or, in the case of a home which was carried on at the date by a body corporate, it has ceased since that date or ceases to be under the charge of the individual under whose charge it was at that date.