Commentary on Sections

Section 64 – Regulations about financial assessments

230.Section 64 requires the Welsh Ministers to make regulations about the way that financial assessments are to be undertaken by a local authority. The regulations must provide for the calculation of an eligible person's income and capital. They can also provide for the extent to which either is to be regarded or disregarded in the calculation of charges to be imposed, the circumstances in which a person will be deemed as having financial resources above a set threshold and circumstances in which a new financial assessment must or may be carried out.