Long-term Care Insurance (Guernsey) (Rates) Ordinance, 2008

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The Long-term Care Insurance (Guernsey) (Rates) Ordinance, 2008

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolutions of the 28^th September 2006[a] and the 24^th September, 2008[b] and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2 and 5 of the Long-term Care Insurance (Guernsey) Law, 2002[c] and all other powers enabling them, hereby order:-

Rates of benefit.

1. (1) The maximum weekly rates of care benefit shall be -

(a) for persons resident in a residential home, £359.94, and

(b) for persons resident in a nursing home or the Guernsey Cheshire Home, £672.00.

(2) The maximum weekly rates of respite care benefit shall be -

(a) for persons receiving respite care in a residential home, £522.34, and

(b) for persons receiving respite care in a nursing home or the Guernsey Cheshire Home, £834.40.

Co-payment by way of contribution

2. The weekly co-payment which a claimant shall make by way of contribution towards or for the cost of his care -

(a) as a condition of the right to care benefit, and

(b) which shall be taken into account for the purposes of determining the rate of care benefit,

shall be £162.40.

Interpretation.

3. (1) In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise requires "nursing home" and "residential home" have the meanings given by section 18(1) of the Nursing Homes and Residential Homes (Guernsey) Law, 1976[d].

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Ordinance to an enactment are references thereto as amended, re-enacted (with or without modification), extended or applied.

(3) The Interpretation (Guernsey) Law, 1948[e] shall apply to the interpretation of this Ordinance throughout the Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Herm and Jethou.

Repeal and amendment.

4. (1) Sections 2 and 3 of the Long-term Care Insurance (Guernsey) (Annual Grant and Rates) Ordinance, 2007[f] are repealed.

(2) In section 1 of the Long-term Care Insurance (Guernsey) (Annual Grant and Rates) Ordinance, 2007 for "1990" substitute "2002".

Citation.

5. This Ordinance may be cited as the Long-term Care Insurance (Guernsey) (Rates) Ordinance, 2008.

Extent.

6. This Ordinance shall have effect in the Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Herm and Jethou.

Commencement.

7. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 5^th January, 2009.

[a]	Article XVI of Billet d''État No. XVI of 2006
[b]	Article XI of Billet d'État No. XII of 2008.
[c]	Order in Council No. XXIII of 2002.
[d]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXVI, p. 71.
[e]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIII, p. 355.
[f]	Ordinance No. XLII of 2007.