Long-Term
Care (Benefits) (Amendment No. 11)
(Jersey) Order 2022
Made 2nd December 2022
Coming into
force 1st January 2023
1 Long-Term Care (Benefits)
(Jersey) Order 2014 amended
This Order amends the Long-Term Care (Benefits) (Jersey) Order 2014.
2 Article 8 (rates for long-term care
benefit comprising standard care costs) amended
For the table in Article
8 there is substituted –
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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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£456.82
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costs of the approved care package,
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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£696.85
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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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£1,007.30
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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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£1,266.37
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as above”.
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3 Article 9 (conditions for receiving a
long-term care benefit comprising standard care costs) amended
In Article 9(c) –
(a) for “£361.20” there is
substituted “£398.79”;
(b) for “£39.55” there is
substituted “£43.68”.
4 Article 10 (amount required to be paid
towards standard care costs) amended
In Article 10 –
(a) in paragraph (1),
for “£60,160” there is substituted “£67,380”;
(b) in paragraph (2) –
(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£60,160”
there is substituted “£67,380”,
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b),
for “£90,240” there is substituted “£101,070”.
5 Article 12 (co-payment benefits – loans
to meet the costs referred to in Article 9(b), (c) and (d)) amended
In Article 12(2)(b)
and (5)(c), for “£361.20” there is substituted “£398.79”.
6 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Long-Term Care (Benefits) (Amendment
No. 11) (Jersey) Order 2022 and comes into force on 1st January 2023.
Deputy M.E. Millar of St. John,
St. Lawrence and Trinity
Minister for Social Security