Chwilio Deddfwriaeth

Chwiliad Uwch

The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014

Help about what version

Pa Fersiwn

Help about advanced features

Nodweddion Uwch

Changes to legislation:

There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014, PART 2. Help about Changes to Legislation

Close

Changes to Legislation

Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.

PART 2E+WPower of the local authority to charge for care and support

Services to be provided free of chargeE+W

3.—(1) A local authority(1) must not make a charge for meeting needs under section 14(1) of the Act where the care and support, or support which is provided to an adult, under section 18, 19 or 20 of the Act, is a service specified in paragraph (2)(a) or (b).

(2) The following are specified—

(a)a service which consists of the provision of community equipment (aids and minor adaptations);

(b)intermediate care and reablement support services for the first 6 weeks of the specified period or, if the specified period is less than 6 weeks, for that period.

(3) In this regulation—

“community equipment (aids and minor adaptations)” means an aid, or a minor adaptation to property, for the purpose of assisting with nursing at home or aiding daily living and for the purposes of this paragraph, an adaptation is minor if the cost of making the adaptation is £1,000 or less;

“intermediate care and reablement support services” means care and support, or support provided to an adult by the local authority under section 18, 19 or 20 of the Act which—

(a)

consists of a programme of care and support, or support;

(b)

is for a specified period of time (“the specified period”); and

(c)

has as its purpose the provision of assistance to an adult to enable the adult to maintain or regain the ability needed to live independently in their own home.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 3 in force at 1.4.2015 in accordance with reg. 1

Adults to whom services are to be provided free of chargeE+W

4.  A local authority must not make a charge for meeting needs under section 14(1) of the Act where the care and support is provided to an adult, under section 18, 19 or 20 of the Act, suffering from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2015 in accordance with reg. 1

Costs of putting in place arrangements to meet needsE+W

5.  Where a local authority is meeting needs because Condition 2 in section 18, or Condition 2 or 4 in section 20, of the Act is met, the charge the authority may make under section 14(1)(b) of the Act may only cover the cost that the authority incurs in putting in place the arrangements for meeting those needs.

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 5 in force at 1.4.2015 in accordance with reg. 1

Personal expenses allowance for residents or temporary residents provided with accommodation in a care homeE+W

6.  The amount specified for the purposes of section 14(7) of the Act(2) in relation to a resident or temporary resident provided with accommodation in a care home is [F1£30.15] each week.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 6 in force at 1.4.2015 in accordance with reg. 1

Minimum income guaranteed amount for other adults and carers whose needs are being met otherwise than by the provision of accommodation in a care homeE+W

7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (8), the amount specified for each week for the purposes of section 14(7) of the Act (“the minimum income guaranteed amount”) in relation to the adult concerned specified in paragraph (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) or, as the case may be, (7) is the aggregate of—

(a)the amount specified in relation to that adult in that paragraph(3);

(b)where the adult concerned is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child, the amount of [F2£101.25] in respect of each child; and

(c)any applicable premium under paragraphs (4) to (7).

(2) Where the adult concerned is a single person and—

(a)is aged 18 or older but less than 25, the amount of [F3£87.65];

(b)is aged 25 or older but less than pension credit age, the amount of [F4£110.60];

(c)has attained pension credit age, the amount of [F5£228.70].

(3) Where the adult concerned is a lone parent aged 18 or over, the amount of [F6£110.60].

(4) Where the adult concerned is a member of a couple and—

(a)one or both are aged 18 or over, the amount of [F7£86.85];

(b)one or both have attained pension credit age, the amount of [F8£174.60].

(5) Where the adult concerned is a single person who is in receipt of, or the local authority considers would, if in receipt of income support, be in receipt of—

(a)disability premium, the amount of the applicable premium is [F9£48.80];

(b)enhanced disability premium, the amount of the applicable premium is [F10£23.85].

(6) Where the adult concerned is a member of a couple and one member of that couple is in receipt of, or the local authority considers would, if in receipt of income support, be in receipt of—

(a)disability premium, the amount of the applicable premium is [F11£34.80];

(b)enhanced disability premium, the amount of the applicable premium is [F12£17.15].

(7) Where the adult concerned is in receipt of, or the local authority considers would, if in receipt of income support be in receipt of, carer premium, the amount of the applicable premium is [F13£52.35].

(8) Where a local authority provides non-care related support for the adult concerned the minimum income guaranteed amount in relation to that adult is the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (1) less an amount equal to the cost the local authority incurs in providing that non-care related support for the adult concerned.

(9) In this regulation—

“the adult concerned” means—

(a)

an adult who has needs for care and support under section 18, 19 or 20 of the Act other than the provision of accommodation in a care home;

(b)

a carer who has needs for support under section 20 of the Act;

“non-care related support” includes support which consists of services or activities such as the provision of meals on wheels, shopping or transport services or recreational activities.

[F14(10) For the purposes of this regulation, the adult concerned is a single person if the adult neither has a partner nor is a lone parent.]

Textual Amendments

F14Reg. 7(10) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Care and Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/644), regs. 1(2)(3), 3(c)

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 7 in force at 1.4.2015 in accordance with reg. 1

Power of the local authority to financially assess and charge a short-term resident as if the resident is receiving care and support or support other than the provision of accommodation in a care homeE+W

8.  A local authority may, if it thinks fit, financially assess and charge a short-term resident as if they are receiving care and support, or support under section 18, 19 or 20 of the Act other than the provision of accommodation in a care home.

Commencement Information

I6Reg. 8 in force at 1.4.2015 in accordance with reg. 1

(1)

See section 1(4) of the Act as to the meaning of “local authority”; the definition is limited to local authorities in England.

(2)

Under section 14(7) of the Act, the local authority may not make a charge under section 14(1) of the Act if the income of the adult concerned would, after deduction of the charge, fall below the amount specified in regulations.

(3)

A buffer of 25% has been added to each specified amount and the applicable premium.

Yn ôl i’r brig

Options/Help

Print Options

Close

Mae deddfwriaeth ar gael mewn fersiynau gwahanol:

Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (diwygiedig):Y fersiwn ddiweddaraf sydd ar gael o’r ddeddfwriaeth yn cynnwys newidiadau a wnaed gan ddeddfwriaeth ddilynol ac wedi eu gweithredu gan ein tîm golygyddol. Gellir gweld y newidiadau nad ydym wedi eu gweithredu i’r testun eto yn yr ardal ‘Newidiadau i Ddeddfwriaeth’.

Gwreiddiol (Fel y’i Deddfwyd neu y’i Gwnaed): Mae'r wreiddiol fersiwn y ddeddfwriaeth fel ag yr oedd pan gafodd ei deddfu neu eu gwneud. Ni wnaed unrhyw newidiadau i’r testun.

Close

Gweler y wybodaeth ychwanegol ochr yn ochr â’r cynnwys

Rhychwant ddaearyddol: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.

Dangos Llinell Amser Newidiadau: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.

Close

Dewisiadau Agor

Dewisiadau gwahanol i agor deddfwriaeth er mwyn gweld rhagor o gynnwys ar y sgrin ar yr un pryd

Close

Memorandwm Esboniadol

Mae Memoranda Esboniadol yn nodi datganiad byr o ddiben Offeryn Statudol ac yn rhoi gwybodaeth am ei amcan polisi a goblygiadau polisi. Maent yn ceisio gwneud yr Offeryn Statudol yn hygyrch i ddarllenwyr nad oes ganddynt gymhwyster cyfreithiol, ac maent yn cyd-fynd ag unrhyw Offeryn Statudol neu Offeryn Statudol Drafft a gyflwynwyd ger bron y Senedd o Fehefin 2004 ymlaen.

Close

Rhagor o Adnoddau

Gallwch wneud defnydd o ddogfennau atodol hanfodol a gwybodaeth ar gyfer yr eitem ddeddfwriaeth o’r tab hwn. Yn ddibynnol ar yr eitem ddeddfwriaeth sydd i’w gweld, gallai hyn gynnwys:

  • y PDF print gwreiddiol y fel deddfwyd fersiwn a ddefnyddiwyd am y copi print
  • rhestr o newidiadau a wnaed gan a/neu yn effeithio ar yr eitem hon o ddeddfwriaeth
  • manylion rhoi grym a newid cyffredinol
  • pob fformat o’r holl ddogfennau cysylltiedig
  • slipiau cywiro
  • dolenni i ddeddfwriaeth gysylltiedig ac adnoddau gwybodaeth eraill
Close

Llinell Amser Newidiadau

This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.

Close

Rhagor o Adnoddau

Defnyddiwch y ddewislen hon i agor dogfennau hanfodol sy’n cyd-fynd â’r ddeddfwriaeth a gwybodaeth am yr eitem hon o ddeddfwriaeth. Gan ddibynnu ar yr eitem o ddeddfwriaeth sy’n cael ei gweld gall hyn gynnwys:

  • y PDF print gwreiddiol y fel gwnaed fersiwn a ddefnyddiwyd am y copi print
  • slipiau cywiro

liciwch ‘Gweld Mwy’ neu ddewis ‘Rhagor o Adnoddau’ am wybodaeth ychwanegol gan gynnwys

  • rhestr o newidiadau a wnaed gan a/neu yn effeithio ar yr eitem hon o ddeddfwriaeth
  • manylion rhoi grym a newid cyffredinol
  • pob fformat o’r holl ddogfennau cysylltiedig
  • dolenni i ddeddfwriaeth gysylltiedig ac adnoddau gwybodaeth eraill