Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 9 of the Requirements Regulations

in paragraph (1)(a) for the words “paragraph (4)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (4) and (4A)”; and

after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph —

“(4A)

Where in addition to the weekly amount for board and lodging in a nursing or residential care home, as calculated in accordance with paragraph (4), a separate charge is made for the provision of heating, attendance, extra baths, laundry, any special diet within the meaning of paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 or domestic assistance, the weekly amount for board and lodging shall be increased by the amount of that charge.”; and

in paragraph (18) after the words “as appropriate” where they occur for the first time there shall be inserted the words “as at the relevant date”.