Propose a change

Care Act 2014

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

Change 1

What to do with it
As published

69 Recovery of charges, interest etc.

(1) Any sum due to a local authority under this Part is recoverable by the authority as a debt due to it. (2) But subsection (1) does not apply in a case where a deferred payment agreement could, in accordance with regulations under section 34(1), be entered into, unless— (a) the local authority has sought to enter into such an agreement with the adult from whom the sum is due, and (b) the adult has refused. (3) A sum is recoverable under this section— (a) in a case in which the sum becomes due to the local authority on or after the commencement of this section, within six years of the date the sum becomes due; (b) in any other case, within three years of the date on which it becomes due. (4) Where a person misrepresents or fails to disclose (whether fraudulently or otherwise) to a local authority any material fact in connection with the provisions of this Part, the following sums are due to the authority from the person— (a) any expenditure incurred by the authority as a result of the misrepresentation or failure, and (b) any sum recoverable under this section which the authority has not recovered as a result of the misrepresentation or failure. (5) The costs incurred by a local authority in recovering or seeking to recover a sum due to it under this Part are recoverable by the authority as a debt due to it. (6) Regulations may— (a) make provision for determining the date on which a sum becomes due to a local authority for the purposes of this section; (b) specify cases or circumstances in which a sum due to a local authority under this Part is not recoverable by it under this section; (c) specify cases or circumstances in which a local authority may charge interest on a sum due to it under this Part; (d) where interest is chargeable, provide that it— (i) must be charged at a rate specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations, or (ii) may not be charged at a rate that exceeds the rate specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations.

Your change, as a redline

69 Recovery of charges, interest etc.

(1) Any sum due to a local authority under this Part is recoverable by the authority as a debt due to it. (2) But subsection (1) does not apply in a case where a deferred payment agreement could, in accordance with regulations under section 34(1), be entered into, unless— (a) the local authority has sought to enter into such an agreement with the adult from whom the sum is due, and (b) the adult has refused. (3) A sum is recoverable under this section— (a) in a case in which the sum becomes due to the local authority on or after the commencement of this section, within six years of the date the sum becomes due; (b) in any other case, within three years of the date on which it becomes due. (4) Where a person misrepresents or fails to disclose (whether fraudulently or otherwise) to a local authority any material fact in connection with the provisions of this Part, the following sums are due to the authority from the person— (a) any expenditure incurred by the authority as a result of the misrepresentation or failure, and (b) any sum recoverable under this section which the authority has not recovered as a result of the misrepresentation or failure. (5) The costs incurred by a local authority in recovering or seeking to recover a sum due to it under this Part are recoverable by the authority as a debt due to it. (6) Regulations may— (a) make provision for determining the date on which a sum becomes due to a local authority for the purposes of this section; (b) specify cases or circumstances in which a sum due to a local authority under this Part is not recoverable by it under this section; (c) specify cases or circumstances in which a local authority may charge interest on a sum due to it under this Part; (d) where interest is chargeable, provide that it— (i) must be charged at a rate specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations, or (ii) may not be charged at a rate that exceeds the rate specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.

Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.

Sign in to file it

Think it through

Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.

Questions to start with
Think it through
Legal information from the published text, not advice for your case. Check the sources. Find a law · What the register holds