Long-Term Care
(Benefits) (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey)
Order 2017
Made 10th March 2017
Coming into force 1st
April 2017
THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, in pursuance of Articles 3, 4 and 16
of the Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012[1], orders as follows –
1 Interpretation
In this Order “principal Order” means the Long-Term Care
(Benefits) (Jersey) Order 2014[2].
2 Article 5
amended
In Article 5(a)(ii) of the principal Order for the words “under 19 years”
there shall be substituted the words “under 25 years”.
3 Article 8
amended
In Article 8 of the principal Order, for the
table there shall be substituted the following table –
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“1
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2
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3
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4
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level of standard care
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description of level of standard care
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weekly cost for standard care in a care home or in a group home
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weekly cost for standard care in a principal residence
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1
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Person requires long-term care on a daily basis but can be left alone
for periods of at least 3 hours a day.
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£369.18
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actual costs of care, not exceeding the amount shown opposite in
column 3
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2
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Person requires long-term care on a daily basis but cannot be left
alone for periods exceeding 3 hours a day and the description for
level 3 or 4 does not apply.
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£563.50
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as above
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3
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Person requires long-term care throughout the day or night but
care is not required 24 hours a day.
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£814.52
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as above
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4
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Person requires long-term care 24 hours a day, or if not
24 hours a day, with a greater degree of specialist care required than
that required for level 3.
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£1024.17
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as above”.
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4 Article 9
amended
In Article 9(c) of the principal Order –
(a) for the amount “£318.43” there shall be
substituted the amount “£326.97”;
(b) for the amount “£34.72” there shall be
substituted the amount “£35.70”.
5 Article 10
amended
In Article 10 of the principal Order –
(a) in paragraphs (1) and (2)(a), for the amount
“£53,060” there shall be substituted the amount
“£54,480”;
(b) in paragraph (2)(b), for the amount “£79,590”
there shall be substituted the amount “£81,720”.
6 Article 12
amended
In Article 12 of the
principal Order –
(a) in paragraph (2)(b),
for the amount “£318.43” there shall be substituted the
amount “£326.97”;
(b) in paragraph (5)(c),
for the amount “£318.43” there shall be substituted the
amount “£326.97”.
7 Article 15
amended
In Article 15(1) of
the principal Order –
(a) for the words
“when the latest of sub-paragraph (a) or (b) occurs” there
shall be substituted the words “if any of the following occurs”;
(b) for sub-paragraph (b),
there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –
“(b) the eligible person who received long-term care has died and
none of the following occupy the principal residence that, at the date of the
eligible person’s death, was owned by the eligible person or the eligible
person’s partner –
(i) the eligible person’s partner, or
(ii) an adult who lived with, and was a carer for, the eligible
person for a period of at least 12 months (or such lesser period that a
determining officer considers reasonable in all the circumstances of the case)
before –
(A) the date the eligible person moved into an approved home, or
(B) the date of the eligible person’s death, where the
eligible person received long-term care in his or her principal residence,
and who has
continued to live in the principal residence since that date.”.
8 Citation
and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Long-Term Care (Benefits) (Amendment
No. 3) (Jersey) Order 2017 and shall come into force on 1st April 2017.
deputy s.J. pinel of st. clement
Minister for Social Security