The Social Care Charges (Direct Payments) (Means Assessment and Determination of Reimbursement or Contribution) (Wales) Regulations 2011

Failure to supply all relevant information and documentation

11.—(1) Where D has failed to—

(a) supply, or

(b) seek an extension of time in which to supply,

all the information and documentation reasonably requested by a local authority under regulation 7, the local authority may make an assessment of D’s means on the basis of the partial information or partial documentation (or both) that has been supplied.

(2) Where paragraph (1) applies, the local authority may—

(a) make a determination in accordance with regulation 17;

(b) subject to the maximum reasonable amount prescribed in regulation 5, require D to pay an amount on the basis of its determination; and

(c) proceed to provide a statement in accordance with regulation 19.

(3) Where a local authority determines that D is required to pay an amount towards the cost of securing the provision of a service in accordance with paragraph (2), D will be required to pay that amount from the date that the local authority provides the statement referred to in paragraph (2)(c).