# The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W

(1) Where the adult is a permanent resident the value of the adult’s main or only home which the adult would otherwise normally occupy (“the adult’s home”) for a period of 12 weeks beginning with the day on which the adult first moves into accommodation in a care home (“the first period of residence”).
(2) Where the adult—
(a) ceases to be a permanent resident; and
(b) subsequently becomes a permanent resident again at any time within the period of 52 weeks from the end of the first period of permanent residence, the value of the adult’s home for such period (if any) which when added to the period disregarded under sub-paragraph (1) in respect of their first period of permanent residence does not exceed 12 weeks in total.
(3) Where the adult—
(a) ceases to be a permanent resident and is not a person to whom sub-paragraph (2) has applied; and
(b) subsequently becomes a permanent resident again at any time after a period of more than 52 weeks from the end of the first period of residence, the value of the adult’s home for a period of 12 weeks beginning with the day on which the second period of permanent residence begins.
(4) In this paragraph, “the second period of permanent residence” means the period of permanent residence beginning at any time after the period of 52 weeks referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(b).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2672/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-charging-and-assessment-of-resources-regulations-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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