Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act 2007

Amendment of section 2 of Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990.

2.— Section 2 of the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)(h)—

(i) by inserting “subject to subsection (3),” before “premises in which”, and

(ii) by deleting “(other than premises in relation to which a payment has been made under section 7)”;

and

(b) by inserting the following after subsection (2):

“(3) No prescribed subvention within the meaning of section 7(1) shall be paid to a dependent person maintained in premises referred to in subsection (1)(h) unless the premises are a registered nursing home.”.