# The Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 5) (Wales) Order 2003

W.S.I. 2003/939 · made 26 March 2003

This Order is the fifth Commencement Order made under the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (“the Act”) in relation to Wales.

Made under: Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Section 64, Section 70)

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## Introductory text

This Statutory Instrument has been reprinted to correct an omission in the table of the commencement orders in the explanatory note and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, WALES
Made 26th March 2003
The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 64(6) and 70(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation, interpretation and application

(1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No.5) (Wales) Order 2002.
(2) In this Order, the Health and Social Care Act 2001 is referred to as “the Act”.
(3) This Order applies to Wales only.

## 2 Appointed Day

The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in the Schedule to this Order is 1st April 2003.

## Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998.
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales
26th March 2003

## Schedule 1 PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1 APRIL 2003

Provisions of the Act
Subject matter
Section 53
Disregarding of resources when determining need for residential accommodation
Section 54 in so far as it has not already been brought into force by section 70(2)
Funding by resident etc. of more expensive accommodation
Section 55
Power for local authorities to take charges on land instead of contributions

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is the fifth Commencement Order made under the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (“the Act”) in relation to Wales.
This Order appoints 1st April 2003 as the day on which the following sections of the Act are to come into force in Wales. The provisions allow for changes to the way that local authorities charge for residential accommodation under Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948.
Section 53 gives the National Assembly for Wales the power to make regulations to determine what part of a person’s resources are disregarded in determining whether or not they have a need for accommodation.
Section 54 allows the National Assembly for Wales to make regulations permitting additional payments to be made, by or on behalf of a resident, for accommodation whose cost is more than a local authority would usually expect to pay.
Section 55 allows a local authority to enter into an agreement (“a deferred payment agreement”) with a person who needs accommodation to allow that person not to make payments for the accommodation but to accrue a debt which is secured by way of a charge on the person’s home.

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