- Abuse
includes financial abuse;
- Accommodation in England
means accommodation in England of a type specified in regulations under section 39 but not of a type specified in regulations under this paragraph.
- Accommodation in Northern Ireland
means residential or other accommodation in Northern Ireland of a type which may be provided under Article 15 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.
- Accommodation in Scotland
means residential accommodation in Scotland of a type which may be provided under or by virtue of section 12 or 13A of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, or section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, but not of a type specified in regulations under this paragraph.
- Accommodation in Wales
means accommodation in Wales of a type specified in regulations under section 194 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 but not of a type specified in regulations under this paragraph.
- additional cost
means the cost of providing or arranging for the provision of the person's preferred accommodation less the amount that the local social services authority would expect to be the usual cost of providing or arranging for the provision of accommodation of that kind. 4 The power to make regulations under this section— a is exercisable only in relation to local social services authorities in England;
- adult
means a person aged 18 or over;
- affected trust
means— a where the trust in question is an NHS trust, another NHS trust, or an NHS foundation trust, which provides goods or services under this Act that would be affected by the action recommended in the draft report;
- Another local authority
includes a district council for an area in England for which there is also a county council.
- appropriate establishment
means an establishment of such description or conforming to such requirements as may be specified in regulations under subsection (1).”
- Approved premises
has the meaning given in section 13 of the Offender Management Act 2007.
- Asset
means anything which may be taken into account for the purposes of a financial assessment.
- Bail in criminal proceedings
has the meaning given in section 1 of the Bail Act 1976.
- Care and support provision
means—
- Care provider
means—
- Carer
means an adult who provides or intends to provide care for another person.
- Carer of a child
means a person who is a carer for the purposes of section 60.
- devolved authority
means the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers or the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland, • “devolved legislature” means the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly, • “enactment” includes— (a) an enactment contained in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978), and (b) an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament, an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales or Northern Ireland legislation, • “financial year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31 March (but see also the definition of that expression in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2... and paragraph 19 of Schedule 7), and • “the health service” means the comprehensive health service in England continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006.
- devolved legislature
means the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly, • “enactment” includes— (a) an enactment contained in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978), and (b) an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament, an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales or Northern Ireland legislation, • “financial year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31 March (but see also the definition of that expression in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2... and paragraph 19 of Schedule 7), and • “the health service” means the comprehensive health service in England continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006.
- Disability
has the meaning given by section 6 of the Equality Act 2010.
- employee
includes a director or officer of the body.
- enactment
includes— (a) an enactment contained in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978), and (b) an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament, an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales or Northern Ireland legislation, • “financial year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31 March (but see also the definition of that expression in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2... and paragraph 19 of Schedule 7), and • “the health service” means the comprehensive health service in England continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006.
- financial abuse
includes—
- financial year
means a period of 12 months ending with 31 March (but see also the definition of that expression in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2... and paragraph 19 of Schedule 7), and • “the health service” means the comprehensive health service in England continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006.
- Function
includes a power to do anything that is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the exercise of a function.
- Health care workers
means persons in relation to whom NHS England’s duty under section 1F(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 is to be performed.
- Health provision
means provision of health services as part of the health service.
- health services
means health services provided as part of the health service.
- Health-related provision
means provision of services which may have an effect on the health of individuals but which are not—
- illness
has the meaning given by section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006.
- Independent financial advice
means financial advice provided by a person who is independent of the local authority in question.
- Local authority
means—
- local authority in England
means a local authority for the purposes of this Part;
- local authority in Scotland
means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc.
- local authority in Wales
means a local authority for the purposes of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;
- Local policing body
has the meaning given by section 101 of the Police Act 1996.
- Market oversight information
means information held by the Commission in connection with its functions under sections 54 to 56.
- needs assessment
has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Care Act 2014.”
- Prison
has the same meaning as in the Prison Act 1952 (see section 53(1) of that Act).
- registered service provider
means a person registered under Chapter 2 as a service provider. 11 Consultation undertaken before the commencement of this section is as effective for the purposes of subsection (7) as consultation undertaken after that commencement.”
- regulated service
has the meaning given by section 2 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016.
- relevant enactment
means—
- Relevant local authority
means—
- Relevant provider of probation services
has the meaning given by section 325 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
- Relevant record
means—
- relevant trust
means— (a) an NHS trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006, or (b) an NHS foundation trust.
- Services for meeting care and support needs
means—
- Social care
has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
- Specified
means specified in regulations.
- the health service
means the comprehensive health service in England continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006.
- The Northern Ireland Department
means the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland.
- The relevant adult
means—
- Young carer
means a person under 18 who provides or intends to provide care for an adult (but see subsection (7)).