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Recovering costs from other local authorities

In this section

  1. 1
    Introduction
  2. 2
    About this policy
  3. 3
    When this policy applies
  4. 4
    Legal Context
  5. 5
    Management responsibilities for ordinary residence determinations
  6. 6
    Ordinary residence and responsibilities for meeting needs
  7. 7
    What the Council considers when making an ordinary residence determination
  8. 8
    When the Council determines ordinary residence to be in another local authority area
  1. 9
    Disputes with other local authorities about ordinary residence
  2. 10
    Recovering costs from other local authorities
  3. 11
    Concerns and complaints
  4. 12
    Implementing and monitoring policy
  5. 13
    Review
  6. 14
    Appendix 1 – Definitions
  7. 15
    Policy details

10.1    The council will seek to recover the cost of meeting eligible needs from the responsible local authority where:

  • the council has been meeting eligible needs pending the resolution of an ordinary residence dispute, and

  • a subsequent determination between the local authorities involved in the dispute or by the Secretary of State finds another local authority to be responsible for meeting eligible needs. 
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