Regulation 3 Conditions for provision of preferred accommodation

(1)

The following conditions must be met for the provision of preferred accommodation under regulation 2—

(a)

the care and support plan^f1 for the adult specifies that the adult’s needs are going to be met by the provision of accommodation of a specified type;

(b)

the preferred accommodation is of the same type as that specified in the adult’s care and support plan;

(c)

the preferred accommodation is suitable to the adult’s needs;

(d)

the preferred accommodation is available; and

(e)

where the preferred accommodation is not provided by the local authority, the provider of the accommodation agrees to provide the accommodation to the adult on the local authority’s terms.

(2)

If the cost to the local authority of providing or arranging for the provision of the preferred accommodation is greater than the amount specified in the adult’s personal budget^f2 that relates to the provision of accommodation of that type, the additional cost condition in regulation 5 must also be met^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See section 25 of the Act for the meaning of “care and support plan”.
f2: See section 26 of the Act for the meaning of “personal budget”.
f3: See section 30(3) of the Act for the meaning of “additional cost”.