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(1)Where—
(a)an authority have decided under section 47 of the M1National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (assessment by local authorities of needs for community care services) that the needs of a person call for the provision of any community care services, [F1or under section 2(1) of the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 (services for carers) to provide a person with services under that Act,] and
[F2(b)in the case of a person—
(i)whose needs the local authority have decided call for the provision of community care services, he is of a description which is specified for the purposes of this subsection by regulations made by the Secretary of State, or
(ii)whom the local authority have decided to provide with services under the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000, he is not of a description so specified by regulations made by the Secretary of State,]
the authority may, if the person consents, make to him, in respect of his securing the provision of any of the services for which they have decided his needs call [F3or, as the case may be, they have decided to provide (or arrange to provide)], a payment of such amount as, subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, they think fit.
(2)If—
(a)an authority pay under subsection (1) above at a rate below their estimate of the reasonable cost of securing the provision of the service concerned, and
(b)the payee satisfies the authority that his means are insufficient for it to be reasonably practicable for him to make up the difference,
the authority shall so adjust the payment to him under that subsection as to avoid there being a greater difference than that which appears to them to be reasonably practicable for him to make up.
(3)In the case of a service which, apart from this Act, would be provided under section 117 of the M2Mental Health Act 1983 (after-care), an authority shall not pay under subsection (1) above at a rate below their estimate of the reasonable cost of securing the provision of the service.
(4)A payment under subsection (1) above shall be subject to the condition that the person to whom it is made shall not secure the provision of the service to which it relates by a person who is of a description specified for the purposes of this subsection by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(5)The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that the power conferred by subsection (1) above shall not be exercisable in relation to the provision of residential accommodation for any person for a period in excess of such period as may be specified in the regulations.
(6)If the authority by whom a payment under subsection (1) above is made are not satisfied, in relation to the whole or any part of the payment—
(a)that it has been used to secure the provision of the service to which it relates, or
(b)that the condition imposed by subsection (4) above, or any condition properly imposed by them, has been met in relation to its use,
they may require the payment or, as the case may be, the part of the payment to be repaid.
(7)Regulations under this section may—
(a)make different provision for different cases, and
(b)include such supplementary, incidental, consequential and transitional provisions and savings as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
(8)The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(9)In this section, “community care services” has the same meaning as in section 46 of the M3National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2001 for E. and 1.7.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 16, s. 5(a); S.I. 2001/510, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2001/2196, art. 2, Sch.
F2S. 1(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2001 for E. and 1.7.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 16, s. 5(b); S.I. 2001/510, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2001/2196, art. 2, Sch.
F3Words in s. 1(1) inserted (1.4.2001 for E. and 1.7.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 16, s. 5(c); S.I. 2001/510, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2001/2196, art. 2, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 1 applied (Isles of Scilly) (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/759, art. 2
C2S. 1(2)(6) applied (with modifications) by 1989 c. 41, s. 17A(5) (as inserted (1.4.2001 for E. and 1.7.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 16, s. 7(1); S.I. 2001/510, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2001/2196, art. 2, Sch.)
C3S. 1(2) excluded by 1989 c. 41, s. 17A(6) (as inserted (1.4.2001 for E. and 1.7.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 16, s. 7(6); S.I. 2001/510, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2001/2196, art. 2, Sch.)
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