(1)This section applies in relation to a person on whom a local authority thinks it would impose a charge under section 59, were it to meet a person’s needs for care and support or a carer’s needs for support.
(2)The local authority must assess the level of the person’s financial resources in order to determine whether it would be reasonably practicable for the person to pay the standard charge (but this is subject to section 65).
(3)In this Part “standard charge” means the amount that a local authority would charge under section 59 if no determination were made under section 66 as to a person’s ability to pay that amount.
(4)An assessment under this section is referred to in this Act as a “financial assessment”.