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Hospitals Amendment Act 1993  026
Commenced: 1 Jul 1993
5   Interpretation




   5. Interpretation---The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing
 section 118, and substituting the following section:

   ``118. In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise
 requires,---
     `` `Crown health enterprise' means a Crown health enterprise within
         the meaning of the Health and Disability Services Act 1993:
     `` `Hospital' means any premises in which 2 or more patients are
         maintained at the same time, other than---
           ``(a) An institution that, immediately before the commencement
         of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act
         1992, was a licensed institution under section 9 of the Mental
         Health Act 1969:
           ``(b) An institution in which habitual inebriates or any other
         persons are detained under the authority of any Act, unless any
         individual (other than a person so detained) is maintained
         therein:
     `` `Licence' means a licence issued under this Act for the keeping
         of a hospital:
     `` `Licensed hospital' means a hospital in respect of which a
         licence is in force, or is deemed to be in force, under this
         Acct:
     `` `Licensee' means any person licensed to keep a hospital under
         this Act:
     `` `Patient' means any person for the time being maintained in any
         premises for the purpose of receiving any medical treatment in
         consideration of payment made or to be made in respect of such
         treatment:
     `` `Premises' means any house, building, tent or other structure,
         whether permanent or temporary, used or intended to be used for
         human habitation; and where there are 2 or more premises in the
         occupation of the same person, and situated on the same piece of
         land, they shall be deemed to constitute single premises within
         the meaning of this Part of this Act:
     `` `Subsidiary' has the same meaning as in section 158 of the
         Companies Act 1955.''
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