Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991

A person is a carer for a protected person if he or she—

is a carer of the person for this Act generally; and

gives, or arranges for the giving of, care and support to the person in a domestic context but does not receive remuneration or reward for giving, or arranging for the giving of, the care and support.

If the protected person lives in a hospital, nursing home, group home, boarding-house, hostel or similar place, a person giving, or arranging for the giving of, care and assistance to the protected person at that place is not, only because of that fact, a carer for the protected person.