The Licensing and Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation and Other Houses (Miscellaneous Provisions) (England) Regulations 2006

Other persons to be regarded as forming a single household for the purposes of section 254 of the Act U.K.

4.—(1) Where a person receiving care and his carer occupy living accommodation in the same building or part of a building, they are to be regarded as forming a single household for the purposes of section 254 of the Act if—

(a) the carer is an adult placement carer approved under the Adult Placement Schemes (England) Regulations 2004 M1 ; and

(b) the carer provides care in that living accommodation for not more than three service users under the terms of a scheme permitted by those Regulations.

(2) Where a person and his foster parent occupy living accommodation in the same building or part of a building, they are to be regarded as forming a single household for the purposes of section 254 of the Act if that person is placed with the foster parent under the provisions of the Fostering Services Regulations 2002 M2 .

(3) The terms “adult placement carer”M3 and “service users”M4 have the meanings given to those expressions in the regulations referred to in paragraph (1)(a).

Marginal Citations

M1 SI 2004/2071.

M2 SI 2002/57.

M3 In regulation 2 of the Adult Placement Schemes (England) Regulations 2004 “adult placement carer” means a person who, under the terms of a carer agreement entered into with a person who carries on an adult placement scheme, provides, or intends to provide, care or support (which may include accommodation in the carer's home) for service users.

M4 In regulation 2 of the Adult Placement Schemes (England) Regulations 2004 “service user” in relation to a scheme, means an adult who may be or is placed by the scheme. A “scheme” is an adult placement scheme carried on by a person who is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (2000 c. 14) to carry on the scheme.