3.—(1) Section 55 of the Act applies to a registered care provider who is not a local authority and who is registered in respect of the carrying on of the regulated activity set out in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2014 Regulations (accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care) where the bed capacity of that provider is—
(a)1,000 or more but less than 2,000 and where—
(i)the bed capacity of that provider is at least 1 in each of 16 or more local authority areas; or
(ii)the bed capacity of that provider in each of 3 or more local authority areas exceeds 10 per cent. of the total bed capacity in each of those local authority areas; or
(b)2,000 or more.
(2) In this regulation—
“bed capacity” means the number of beds made available by a registered care provider in connection with the carrying on of the regulated activity set out in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2014 Regulations (accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care); and
“total bed capacity” means the number of beds made available by all registered care providers in connection with the carrying on of the regulated activity set out in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2014 Regulations (accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care).
(3) For the purpose of this regulation, where the registered care provider is an undertaking, the bed capacity of the provider includes the bed capacity of any group undertaking of the provider.