Statutory extensions of the council’s duty to provide new kinds of care, did not take away the authority’s power to charge for services given under the original section. The council may charge for community care services in the home provided to disabled person. Subsection (2) states that the section applies to services provided under a number of listed enactments, and it also applies to services provided under the 1970 Act even though the 1970 Act is not specifically listed.
Citations:
Times 20-Jul-1998, Gazette 26-Aug-1998, [1998] EWCA Civ 1143, [1998] 1 CCLR 458
Statutes:
Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983, Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Spink, Regina (on the Application Of) v Wandsworth Borough Council Admn 20-Oct-2004
Parents requested the local authority to make provision for their severely disabled children. The local authority wished when deciding whether to provide adaptations of the house to make allowance for the parents’ financial resources.
Held: . .
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Health, Benefits, Local Government
Updated: 20 November 2022; Ref: scu.144622
