Ordinary residence

[This page needs to be updated! See Which authority pays for aftercare for some more up-to-date information in the context of s117.]

This page contains links to information on this important concept in community care law.

Legislation

• Ordinary Residence Disputes (National Assistance Act 1948) Directions 2010

• Ordinary Residence Disputes (Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc. Act 2003) Directions 2010

• Ordinary Residence Disputes (Mental Capacity Act 2005) Directions 2010

Case law

See:

• Category:After-care
• R (Hertfordshire CC) v LB Hammersmith and Fulham [2011] EWCA Civ 77

• R (M) v Hammersmith and Fulham LBC and Sutton LBC [2010] EWHC 562 (Admin)

External links

Government website: 'Identifying the ordinary residence of people in need of community care services' page

• Dept of Health, 'Ordinary residence: guidance on the identification of the ordinary residence of people in need of community care services, England' (15/4/11). 'The Ordinary Residence Guidance has been updated on 15/4/11, to provide revised guidance on people receiving NHS continuing health care immediately before 19/4/10, when certain changes to the legislation came into effect, and also on people from overseas.' (DH)

• Cross-border arrangements between England and Wales - published 19/3/10 - These arrangements set out which ordinary residence disputes are to be determined by the Secretary of State and which are to be determined by Welsh Ministers.

• Department of Health, 'Ordinary Residence: Guidance on the identification of the ordinary residence of people in need of community care services, England' (October 2013)†