Required amount5

1

The adult’s required amount is the sum which is specified or determined in accordance with paragraph (2).

2

The sum is the lowest of—

a

100% of the amount due from the adult under section 59 of the Act for the provision of care and support in a care home and of any amount which the adult is required to pay in accordance with regulations made under section 57(2) of the Act, less any amount which the local authority requires the adult to contribute under regulation 6;

b

such lesser part of the amount due under section 59 of the Act, and, as the case may be, in accordance with regulations made under section 57(2) of the Act as the adult requests to be deferred, less any amount which the local authority requires the adult to contribute under regulation 6;

c

the amount deferred in accordance with sub-paragraphs (a) or (b), less any amount which, during the time the deferred payment agreement is in force and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the deferred payment agreement, the local authority does not agree to defer payment of until the specified time.