17 Assessment of financial resources
Care Act 2014 (2014 c 23) | Legislation

17  Assessment of financial resources

(1)     Where a local authority, having made a determination under section 13(1), thinks that, if it were to meet an adult's needs for care and support, it would charge the adult under section 14(1) for meeting at least some of the needs, it must assess—

(a)     the level of the adult's financial resources, and

(b)     the amount (if any) which the adult would be likely to be able to pay towards the cost of meeting the needs for care and support.

(2)     Where a local authority thinks that, in meeting an adult's needs for care and support, it would make a charge under section 15(7), it must assess—

(a)     the level of the adult's financial resources, and

(b)     the amount (if any) which the adult would be likely to be able to pay towards the amount attributable to the adult's daily living costs.

(3)     Where a local authority, having made a determination under section 13(1), thinks that,

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