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35Deferred payment agreements and loans: further provisionE+W

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(1)Regulations may require or permit a local authority to charge—

(a)interest on an adult's deferred amount;

(b)such amount relating to the authority's administrative costs as is specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations;

(c)interest on an amount charged under paragraph (b).

(2)The regulations may specify costs which are, or which are not, to be regarded as administrative costs for the purposes of subsection (1)(b).

(3)The regulations may—

(a)require or permit adequate security to be obtained for the payment of any interest or other amount referred to in subsection (1);

(b)require or permit any such interest or other amount to be treated in the same way as the adult's deferred amount;

(c)specify what constitutes adequate security for the purposes of paragraph (a).

(4)The authority may not charge interest under regulations made under subsection (1) or under a deferred payment agreement at a rate that exceeds the rate specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations; the regulations may, for example, provide for a rate to be determined by reference to a specified interest rate or other specified criterion.

(5)The regulations must enable the adult to terminate a deferred payment agreement by—

(a)giving the authority notice, and

(b)paying the authority the full amount for which the adult is liable with respect to the adult's deferred amount and any interest or other amount charged under regulations made under subsection (1) or under the agreement.

(6)The regulations may make other provision about the duration of a deferred payment agreement and for its termination by either party.

(7)The regulations may make provision as to the rights and obligations of the authority and the adult where the adult disposes of any legal or beneficial interest in a property to which a deferred payment agreement relates and acquires a legal or beneficial interest in another property (whether or not it is in the area of that authority); they may, for example, make provision—

(a)for the authority not to require payment of the amounts referred to in subsection (5)(b) until the time specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations;

(b)for the adult to give the authority a charge over the adult's legal or beneficial interest in the other property.

(8)The regulations may—

(a)require or permit terms or conditions of a specified description, or in a specified form, to be included in a deferred payment agreement;

(b)permit such other terms or conditions as the authority considers appropriate to be included in such an agreement;

(c)require statements or other information relating to specified matters, or in a specified form, to be included in such an agreement.

(9)The regulations may make provision for the purpose of enabling local authorities to protect (for example, by registration) or enforce security obtained for the payment of the adult's deferred amount or the payment of any interest or other amount referred to in subsection (1); and, for that purpose, the regulations may amend, repeal, or revoke an enactment, or provide for an enactment to apply with specified modifications.

(10)This section applies in relation to an agreement of the kind mentioned in section 34(8) as it applies in relation to a deferred payment agreement; and for that purpose—

(a)the references in subsections (1), (3) and (5) to the adult's deferred amount are to be read as references to the loan; and

(b)the reference in subsection (9) to payment of the adult's deferred amount is to be read as a reference to repayment of the loan.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Pt. 1 applied in part (with modifications) (1.4.2015 coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(1)) by The Care and Support (Children's Carers) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/305), regs. 1(1), 2(1)(a)(2), 4-12; S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(q)

Commencement Information

I1S. 35 in force at 1.10.2014 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/2473, art. 2(1)(k)

I2S. 35 in force at 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(i) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)

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