HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972

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HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 99



99.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Article, the payment for any
accommodation provided by the Ministry under Article 15 shall be in accordance
with a standard rate determined by the Ministry for that accommodation.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where the Ministry is satisfied that a person
for whom accommodation is provided, or proposed to be provided, is unable to
pay therefor at the standard rate, the Ministry shall determine the rate which
he shall be liable to pay for the accommodation, having regard to any
supplementation of his resources which he may receive under [the Supplementary
Benefits (Northern Ireland) Order 1977].

(3) The liability of any person to pay for accommodation under this Article
may be reduced by reason of any work which he performs and which assists
materially in the management of the premises.

[(4) Regulations may make provision for the determination of a person's
ability to pay for accommodation.]

(5) Where a person for whom accommodation is provided, or proposed to be
provided, under Article 36 satisfies the Ministry that he is unable to pay
therefor at the rate determined under Article 36(2), the provisions of
paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Article shall have effect in respect of
accomodation provided by any person under Article 36 as they have effect in
respect of accommodation provided by the Ministry under Article 15, and the
Ministry shall pay to the person by whom the accommodation is provided the
amount by which the charge has been reduced.

(6) The provisions of paragraph (4) shall, with the necessary modifications,
have effect for the purposes of paragraph (5) as they have effect for the
purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3).

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HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 99