Power to stop payment of allowances to care home residents
54.—(1) In section 67 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (exclusions relating to attendance allowance) for subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) Regulations may provide that an attendance allowance shall not be payable in respect of a person for a period when he is a resident of a care home in circumstances in which any of the costs of any qualifying services provided for him are borne out of public or local funds under a specified enactment.
(3) The reference in subsection (2) above to a care home is to an establishment that provides accommodation together with nursing or personal care.
(4) The following are qualifying services for the purposes of subsection (2) above—
(a)accommodation,
(b)board, and
(c)personal care.
(5) The reference in subsection (2) above to a specified enactment is to an enactment which is, or is of a description, specified for the purposes of that subsection by regulations.
(6) The power to specify an enactment for the purposes of subsection (2) above includes power to specify it only in relation to its application for a particular purpose.”.
(2) In section 72 of that Act (care component of disability living allowance), for subsection (8) substitute—
“(8) Regulations may provide that no amount in respect of a disability living allowance which is attributable to entitlement to the care component shall be payable in respect of a person for a period when he is a resident of a care home in circumstances in which any of the costs of any qualifying services provided for him are borne out of public or local funds under a specified enactment.
(9) The reference in subsection (8) above to a care home is to an establishment that provides accommodation together with nursing or personal care.
(10) The following are qualifying services for the purposes of subsection (8) above—
(a)accommodation,
(b)board, and
(c)personal care.
(11) The reference in subsection (8) above to a specified enactment is to an enactment which is, or is of a description, specified for the purposes of that subsection by regulations.
(12) The power to specify an enactment for the purposes of subsection (8) above includes power to specify it only in relation to its application for a particular purpose.”.