SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Cross-border placements
Financial adjustments
I16
1
This paragraph applies where—
a
an adult has been provided with accommodation in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, and
b
it transpires (whether following the determination of a dispute under paragraph 5 or otherwise) that an authority in another of the territories was, for some or all of the time that the accommodation was being provided, liable to provide the adult with accommodation.
2
The authority which made the arrangements may recover from the authority in the other territory the amount of any payments it made towards the making of the arrangements at a time when the other authority was liable to provide the adult with accommodation.
3
A reference to an authority is a reference to a local authority in England, Wales or Scotland or a Health and Social Care trust in Northern Ireland.