Arrangement

A LAW to further amend the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007.

THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –

“ ‘care package’ means an arrangement for providing care for a person;”;

“ ‘Medical Appeal Tribunal’ means the Medical Appeal Tribunal constituted under Article 9(2)(a);”.

“(3A) Subject to paragraph (3B), the Minister may require –

(a)     an assessment to be made for the purpose of ascertaining the nature and degree of a person’s physical, sensory or mental impairment;

(b)     approval of a care package in respect of a person’s physical, sensory or mental impairment; or

(c)     both an assessment to be made in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) and an approval to be given in accordance with sub-paragraph (b),

in support of a claim under Article 4 to entitlement of the person’s household to the special component referred to in paragraph (3)(b).

(3B)   The Minister –

(a)     shall, by Order, make provision –

(i)      specifying the descriptions of persons who may make assessments or give approvals required pursuant to paragraph (3A),

(ii)      for the approval of persons referred to in clause (i),

(iii)     for appeals against decisions regarding approval of persons referred to in clause (i) to be made to the Royal Court,

(iv)     specifying procedures for making assessments or giving approvals required pursuant to sub-paragraph (3A),

(v)     for reassessments of assessments or decisions regarding approvals required pursuant to sub-paragraph (3A),

(vi)     for reviews, on medical grounds, of reassessments referred to in clause (v) to be made by the Medical Appeal Tribunal, and

(vii)    for appeals against decisions of the Medical Appeal Tribunal on questions of law to be made to the Royal Court; and

(b)     may, by Order, make such other provision as he or she thinks fit in relation to assessments or approvals required pursuant to paragraph (3A).”;