Other persons to be regarded as forming a single household for the purposes of section 254 of the Act4

1

Where a person receiving care and his carer occupy living accommodation in the same building or part of a building, they are to be regarded as forming a single household for the purposes of section 254 of the Act if—

a

the carer is an adult placement carer approved under the Adult Placement Schemes (England) Regulations 2004 M1; and

b

the carer provides care in that living accommodation for not more than three service users under the terms of a scheme permitted by those Regulations.

2

Where a person and his foster parent occupy living accommodation in the same building or part of a building, they are to be regarded as forming a single household for the purposes of section 254 of the Act if that person is placed with the foster parent under the provisions of the Fostering Services Regulations 2002 M2.

3

The terms “adult placement carer”M3 and “service users”M4 have the meanings given to those expressions in the regulations referred to in paragraph (1)(a).