Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Care and Support and After-care (Choice of Accommodation) Regulations 2014.

These Regulations come into force as follows—

In these Regulations—

• “the 1983 Act” means the Mental Health Act 1983;

• “the Act” means the Care Act 2014;

• “personal care” means—

  1. (a)

     physical assistance given to a person in connection with—

     1. (i)

        eating or drinking (including the administration of parenteral nutrition),

     2. (ii)

        toileting (including in relation to the process of menstruation),

     3. (iii)

        washing or bathing,

     4. (iv)

        dressing,

     5. (v)

        oral care,

     6. (vi)

        the care of skin, hair and nails (with the exception of nail care provided by a chiropodist or podiatrist); or

  2. (b)

     the prompting, together with supervision, of a person in relation to the performance of any of the activities listed in paragraph (a), where that person is unable to make a decision for themselves in relation to performing the activity without such prompting or supervision;

• “preferred accommodation” means the accommodation for which the person for whom it is to be provided expresses a preference in accordance with—

  1. (a)

     in a case to which regulation 4 applies, regulation 4(1)(b);

  2. (b)

     in any other case, regulation 2(1)(b).