The Community Care (Additional Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2002
Made
5th June 2002
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
6th June 2002
Coming into force
1st July 2002
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4 and 23(4) of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
"capital limit" means the amount for the time being prescribed in regulation 20 of the Assessment Regulations;
"qualifying resident" means a person who is in receipt of or is eligible for assistance from the local authority by the provision of accommodation;
"relevant accommodation" means accommodation suitable to meet the needs of the qualifying resident but in respect of which the cost of providing that accommodation to the resident would require the local authority to pay more than that authority would usually expect to pay in order to provide accommodation under the 1968 Act[3] or under section 7 of the 1984 Act[4] (functions of local authorities) suitable for a person with the needs of the qualifying resident;
"resources" means the whole of the income and capital of a qualifying resident.
(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.