{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-deferred-payment-regulations-2014/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-deferred-payment-regulations-2014/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2671",
  "legislation_title": "The Care and Support (Deferred Payment) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-deferred-payment-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Adult’s contribution",
  "text": "(1) If in any week during which the agreement is in force the adult’s weekly income exceeds £144, a local authority is permitted not to—\n(a) defer an amount due to the authority under section 14 or 30(2) for meeting the adult’s needs for that week by the provision of accommodation in a care home or supported living accommodation; or\n(b) advance an instalment or part of an instalment under the loan agreement for the purpose of assisting the adult to obtain for that week the provision of care and support in a care home or supported living accommodation.\n(2) But the amount which under this regulation the local authority may decide not to defer or advance in respect of that week may not exceed the amount by which the adult’s income in that week exceeds £144.\n(3) Where the local authority decides not to defer an amount or advance an instalment or part of an instalment under paragraph (1), it may include a term in the agreement to require the adult to pay or ensure payment of the amount due to the authority or the provider of the care and support in a care home or supported living accommodation.\n(4) In paragraph (3) the amount due to the authority or provider of care and support is the amount which, in accordance with this regulation, the authority decides not to defer.\n(5) The amount of the adult’s weekly income must be calculated in accordance with regulations made under section 17.\n(6) But nothing in this regulation requires the local authority to—\n(a) defer any amount which is due to it under section 14 or 30(2); or\n(b) advance any or all of an instalment or part of an instalment under the loan agreement to the adult,\nif, under regulation 5(3) of these Regulations or in accordance with the terms of the agreement, the authority is required to, or is permitted to, cease to defer that amount or cease to advance any or all of the instalment or part of the instalment under the loan agreement.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 6(6) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Care and Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/644), regs. 1(2)(3), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 1.4.2015 in accordance with reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2671/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:00:28.455893+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}