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.