Section 3: Application of Act

3. Application of Act (1) This Act applies to any establishment, whether set up by statute or otherwise, which provides, or intends to provide— (a) personal care and board to persons who by reason of old age, disablement, a physical handicap, dependence on alcohol or drugs, need personal care; (b) personal care and board for children and women; (c) nursing for persons suffering from sickness, injury or infirmity; (d) services for the reception of pregnant women or women immediately after childbirth; (e) nursing, including care, habilitation, rehabilitation under medical supervision, including medical treatment, of persons suffering, or appearing to suffer, from a mental disorder; (f) a place of safety for persons in distress. (2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in any other enactment, including any provision relating to exemption from payment of any duty, levy, fee, tax or other similar charge, every residential care home shall be governed by the provisions of this Act. (3) This Act shall not apply to— (a) a hospital or a clinic providing in-patient and out-patient treatment to a person suffering from an illness; (b) a school, a college or a university. (4) The Board may exempt, either wholly or partially, any establishment from the application of this Act on account of the number of persons being given personal care, or by reason of the nature of the care being dispensed, or any other reasonable ground.