Part 4 Social Care
Measures to increase availability of Part 3 accommodation
I1I254 Funding by resident etc. of more expensive accommodation
1
Regulations may make provision for and in connection with the making, in respect of the provision of Part 3 accommodation, of additional payments—
a
by persons for whom such accommodation is provided (“residents”); or
b
by other persons (including persons liable to maintain residents by virtue of section 42 of the 1948 Act).
2
In this section “additional payments”, in relation to a resident, means payments which—
a
are made for the purpose of meeting all or part of the difference between the actual cost of his Part 3 accommodation and the amount that the local authority providing it would usually expect to pay in order to provide Part 3 accommodation suitable for a person with the assessed needs of the resident; and
b
(in the case of additional payments by the resident) are made out of such of his resources as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations under subsection (1);
and for this purpose “resources” has the meaning given by such regulations.
3
In this Part “Part 3 accommodation” means accommodation provided under sections 21 to 26 of the 1948 Act.