9 Amendment of the Local Government Finance Act 1992
In Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (persons disregarded for purposes
of discount), in paragraph 7 (patients in homes in England and Wales), in sub-paragraph (2), for the definition of “independent hospital” substitute—

““independent hospital”—
(a) in relation to England, means a hospital as defined by section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 that is not a health service hospital as defined by that section; and
(b) in relation to Wales, has the same meaning as in the Care Standards Act 2000.”

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1992 c. 14; paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 was substituted by the 2000 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 20(c).