{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-ordinary-residence-specified-accommodation-regulations-2014/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-ordinary-residence-specified-accommodation-regulations-2014/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2828",
  "legislation_title": "The Care and Support (Ordinary Residence) (Specified Accommodation) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-ordinary-residence-specified-accommodation-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Shared lives scheme accommodation",
  "text": "For the purposes of these Regulations “shared lives scheme accommodation” means accommodation which is provided for an adult by a shared lives carer, and for this purpose—\n“shared lives carer” means an individual who, under the terms of a shared lives agreement, provides, or intends to provide, personal care for adults together with, where necessary, accommodation in the individual's home;\n“shared lives agreement” means an agreement entered into between a person carrying on a shared lives scheme and an individual for the provision, by that individual, of personal care to an adult together with, where necessary, accommodation in the individual's home; and\n“shared lives scheme” means a scheme carried on (whether or not for profit) by a local authority or other person for the purposes of—\n(a)recruiting and training shared lives carers,\n(b)making arrangements for the placing of adults with shared lives carers, and\n(c)supporting and monitoring placements.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See section 2(8) of the Act for the meaning of “adult”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See section 1(4) of the Act for the meaning of “local authority”; the definition is limited to local authorities in England."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2828/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:58:47.839963+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."
}