SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4 Minor and consequential amendments
Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14)
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In paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (persons disregarded for purposes of discount)—
a
in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “residential care home, nursing home, mental nursing home” there shall be substituted “
care home, independent hospital
”
;
b
in sub-paragraph (1)(b), after “home” there shall be inserted “
, hospital
”
;
c
for sub-paragraph (2), there shall be substituted—
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In this paragraph—
“care home” means—
- a
a care home within the meaning of the Care Standards Act 2000; or
- b
a building or part of a building in which residential accommodation is provided under section 21 of the M1National Assistance Act 1948;
“hostel” means anything which falls within any definition of hostel for the time being prescribed by order made by the Secretary of State under this sub-paragraph;
“independent hospital” has the same meaning as in the Care Standards Act 2000.
and
d
in sub-paragraph (3), for “ “mental nursing home”, “nursing home” or “residential care home”” there shall be substituted “
“care home” or “independent hospital”
”
.