Social Care Charges (Wales) Measure 2010

2 Maximum charges

(1) In determining for the purposes of section 1(2) a reasonable charge for a chargeable service, a local authority must act in accordance with regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under subsection (2).

(2) The Welsh Ministers may make provision in regulations for and in connection with controlling and limiting the determinations that a local authority may make under section 1(2).

(3) The provision that may be made in the regulations includes (but is not limited to) provision—

(a) specifying an amount which must be considered the maximum reasonable charge for a chargeable service, or combination of chargeable services;

(b) setting out a formula for determining the amount which must be considered the maximum reasonable charge for a chargeable service, or combination of chargeable services;

(c) requiring, in the case of a specified chargeable service, or combination of chargeable services, a local authority to fix a charge by reference to a specified period of time;

(d) in relation to a charge referred to in paragraph (c), specifying the amount which must be considered the maximum reasonable charge;

(e) in relation to a charge referred to in paragraph (c), setting out a formula for determining the amount which must be considered the maximum reasonable charge.