2.—(1) Where A is a permanent resident the value of A’s main or only home which A would otherwise normally occupy (“A’s home”) for a period of 12 weeks beginning with the day on which A first moves into accommodation in a care home (“the first period of permanent residence”).
(2) Where A—
(a)ceases to be a permanent resident; and
(b)subsequently becomes a permanent resident again at any time within the period of 52 weeks from the end of the first period of permanent residence,
the value of A’s home for such period (if any) which when added to the period disregarded under sub-paragraph (1) in respect of their first period of permanent residence does not exceed 12 weeks in total.
(3) Where A—
(a)ceases to be a permanent resident and is not a person to whom sub-paragraph (2) has applied; and
(b)subsequently becomes a permanent resident again at any time after a period of more than 52 weeks from the end of the first period of permanent residence,
the value of A’s home for a period of 12 weeks beginning with the day on which the second period of permanent residence begins.
(4) In this paragraph, “the second period of permanent residence” (“yr ail gyfnod preswylio parhaol”) means the period of permanent residence beginning at any time after the period of 52 weeks referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(b).