Clause 52 - Disregarding of resources when determining need for residential accommodation
Health and Social Care Bill
9:15 pm
Mr John Maxton (Glasgow Cathcart, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to take the following:
New clause 13—Mandatory disregard of property in certain circumstances—
`(1) The Secretary of State shall by regulations make provision to require local authorities to disregard the value of an individual's property in prescribed circumstances when that property is occupied in whole or in part, as his home, by a person or persons with whom that individual is associated. Associated persons shall have the same meaning as in section 62(3) of the Family Law Act 1996.
(2) Regulations under this section, may, in particular, make provision to specify the conditions which must be satisfied by the associated person before such a disregard is mandatory.'.
New clause 14— Spouses not to be requested to pay for the care of their partner in residential or nursing home care —
`Sections 42 and 43 of the National Assistance Act 1948 shall cease to have effect.'.