The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
S.I. 2020/112 · Made 3 February 2020
Social Care, England
Made 3rd February 2020
Laid before Parliament 4th February 2020
Coming into force 25th February 2020
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17(7), (11)(b), (12) and 125(7) of the Care Act 2014f1.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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Contents
- 1Citation and Commencement
- 2Amendment of the Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and Commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 25th February 2020.
2Amendment of the Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014
In Schedule 2 to the Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014f1 (capital to be disregarded), after paragraph 36f2 insert—
“37.An ex-gratia payment of £20,000 to a former child migrant from the scheme established by Her Majesty’s Government for former British child migrants in response to the Investigation Report on Child Migration Programmesf3 by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published on 1st March 2018, and which opened for applications on 1st March 2019.”.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Caroline Dinenage
Minister of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
3rd February 2020
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2672).
Regulation 2 provides that payments to a former child migrant made from the scheme established by Her Majesty’s Government for former British child migrants in response to the Investigation Report on Child Migration Programmes by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published on 1st March 2018 are to be ignored in the calculation of an adult’s capital for the purpose of an assessment of that adult’s financial resources.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.