Regulation 8 Deprivation etc of resources
If it appears to the representation authority that the individual or his partner has, with intent to reduce the amount of his resources, whether for the purpose of making the individual eligible for a representation order or otherwise—
(a)
directly or indirectly deprived himself of any resources; or
(b)
transferred any resources to another person,
the resources of which he has so deprived himself, or which he has transferred, are to be treated as part of the individual’s resources.