SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Cross-border placements

Particular types of accommodation

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1

Regulations may provide for this Schedule to apply, with such modifications as may be specified, to a case where—

a

an adult has needs for care and support which can be met only if the adult is living in accommodation of a type specified in the regulations,

b

the adult is living in accommodation in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland that is of a type so specified, and

c

the adult's needs for care and support are being met by an authority in another of the territories providing or arranging for the provision of services other than the accommodation.

2

In section 5 of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (the title to which becomes “ Local authority arrangements for residential accommodation etc. outwith Scotland ”), in subsection (1), at the end insert “ or for the provision in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland of a service or facility of such other description as may be specified in the regulations ”.