Diminishing notional capital ruleE+W
23.—(1) Where the adult is treated as possessing capital under regulation 22 (“notional capital”), for each week or part of a week that the local authority has determined that the adult is liable to pay towards the cost of their care and support, or support, at a higher rate than that at which the adult would have been assessed as liable to pay if the adult had had no notional capital, the amount of the adult’s notional capital is to be reduced by the method set out in paragraph (2).
(2) The local authority must reduce the amount of adult’s notional capital by the difference between—
(a)the higher rate referred to in paragraph (1); and
(b)the rate at which the adult would have been assessed as liable to pay towards the cost of that care and support, or support for that week or part of a week if the adult had been assessed as possessing no notional capital.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 23 in force at 1.4.2015 in accordance with reg. 1