Social Care Charges (Wales) Measure 2010 Explanatory Notes

1. INTRODUCTION

2. COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS

   1. Section 1 – General power to charge for care services

   2. Section 2 – Maximum charges

   3. Section 3 – Persons and services in respect of which charges must not be imposed

   4. Section 4 – Invitation to request means assessment

   5. Section 5 – Duty to carry out a means assessment

   6. Section 6 – Conditions giving rise to the duty to carry out a means assessment

   7. Section 7 – Determinations as to ability to pay

   8. Section 8 – Effect of determinations as to ability to pay

   9. Section 9 – Replacement by authority of determinations as to ability to pay

   10. Section 10 – Provision of information about charges

   11. Section 11 – Reviews of charging decisions

   12. Section 12 – Direct payments

   13. Section 13 – Chargeable services

   14. Section 14 – Amendments to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983

   15. Section 15 – Amendment to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

   16. Section 16 – Amendment to the Health and Social Care Act 2001

   17. Section 17 – Orders and regulations

   18. Section 18 – Commencement and interpretation

3. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES