Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009

Notification of change in circumstances of connected persons, etc.

25.— (1) Where section 20 applies by reason of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of that section, and that paragraph ceases to apply, the surviving partner concerned or his or her representative shall notify the Executive of that fact within 20 working days of section 20 (2)(a) ceasing to apply.

(2) Where section 20 applies by reason of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of that section, and the circumstances of the connected person have altered in a manner which would mean that either subparagraph (i) or (iii) of that paragraph cease to apply, the connected person concerned or his or her representative shall notify the Executive of that fact within 20 working days of the subparagraph concerned ceasing to apply.

(3) Where section 20 applies by reason of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of that section and a connected person ceases to be a connected person, that person shall notify the Executive of that fact within 20 working days of such cesser.

(4) Where a person who is a partner of a person in respect of whom ancillary State support was paid or a connected person dies and the repayment of ancillary State support has been deferred under section 20 the personal representative of the deceased person shall notify the Executive of the death as soon as practicable after the death, but in any event no later than 20 working days after the issue of a grant of representation in respect of the estate of the deceased person concerned.

(5) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €1,000.