10 Interpretation.

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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

  • “Department” means F3the Secretary of State ;

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  • “register” and

  • “registration” mean register and registration under this Act;

  • F5“nursing home” has the meaning given by subsection (2) below;

  • “maternity home” means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception of pregnant women or of women immediately after childbirth;

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  • F9“student midwife” means a person who is undergoing training with a view to becoming a registered midwife, and for that purpose attending women in childbirth, as part of a course of practical instruction in midwifery recognised by the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland.[F10

2

In this Act “nursing home” means, subject to subsection (3) below—

a

any premises used, or intended to be used, for the reception of, and the provision of nursing for, persons suffering from any sickness, injury or infirmity;

b

any maternity home; and

c

any premises not falling within either of the preceding paragraphs which are used, or intended to be used, for the provision of all or any of the following services, namely—

i

the carrying out of surgical procedures under anaesthesia;

ii

the termination of pregnancies;

iii

endoscopy;

iv

haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.

3

The definition in subsection (2) above does not include—

a

any hospital or other premises maintained or controlled by a government department or local authority F11or a National Health Service trust established under section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978. or any other authority or body established or incorporated by or under any local Act or by Royal Charter;

b

any private hospital within the meaning of the M1Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960;

c

any sanitorium provided at a school or educational establishment and used or intended to be used solely by persons in attendance at, or members of the staff of, that school or establishment or members of their families;

d

any first aid or treatment room provided at factory premises, at premises to which the M2Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 applies or at a sports ground, show ground or place of public entertainment;

e

any premises used, or intended to be used, wholly or mainly—

i

by a medical practitioner for the purpose of consultations with his patients;

ii

by a dental practitioner or chiropodist for the purpose of treating his patients; or

iii

for the provision of occupational health facilities;

f

any premises used, or intended to be used, wholly or mainly as a private dwelling; or

g

any other premises excepted from that definition by regulations made by the Secretary of State.]