You are an exempt person if you meet certain conditions. You must be funding eligible, which means you have the money to pay for care. You must also have been positively needs assessed, which means someone has checked that you need care.
You must receive contracted care services, which are services that have been agreed to by a care provider. You must also belong to a class of exempt persons, which is a group of people defined in regulations made under section 74.
This means that to be an exempt person, you need to meet all of these conditions.
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22: 50+ single person liable to make income contribution only, or
"Single people over 50 pay for care based on their income, not what they own."
24: Exempt person liable to contribute benefit only, or
"Exempt people pay for some of their care using their benefit, minus a small amount they can keep."
An exempt person is a person who—
