THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY makes this Order under Articles 7 and 16 of the Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012 –

“(2)    A claimant is not entitled to a benefit comprising payments for or towards the costs of an approved care package unless –

(a)     an approved registered person has assessed that the care package is suitable for the long-term care needs of the particular claimant having regard to the level of standard care specified in column 2 of the table in Article 8 of the Benefits Order that the claimant has been assessed as needing; and

(b)     any person responsible for providing care or assistance as part of the approved care package meets the conditions in paragraph (2A).

(2A)   The conditions referred to in paragraph (2)(b) are –

(a)     if the care package includes any care, provided in return for remuneration, that is regulated under the Regulation of Care (Jersey) Law 2014, the person responsible for providing the care is –

(i)      registered under Article 7 of the Regulation of Care (Jersey) Law 2014, and

(ii)      approved under Article 13A of this Order; and

(b)     if the care package includes arrangements for assistance that is not personal care or nursing care (in both cases as defined in the Regulation of Care (Jersey) Law 2014), the person responsible for providing that assistance is assessed as suitable to provide it by the approved registered person.”.