Who is a provider?

In force

(1)

For this Act, a provider of a service is an entity that provides, or holds out that it can provide, the service.

(2)

A provider of a service includes—

(a)

an entity that employs someone who—

(i)

provides the service; or

(ii)

holds out that the person can provide the service; and

(b)

a volunteer providing the service on behalf of someone else; and

(c)

someone who was a provider when the service was provided, but is no longer providing the service.

(3)

However, a funding body does not provide a service only because the body pays for the service to be provided by someone else.

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