Carers and Direct Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
190.—(1) The Carers and Direct Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 is amended as follows.
(2) For section 1(4) substitute—
“(4) An assessment under this section is to be carried out in such manner, and is to take such form, as the authority considers appropriate; but this is subject to any directions given to the authority under paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.”.
(3) For section 10(3) substitute—
“(3) In this Act “authority”, in relation to a person, means the HSC trusting whose area the person resides.”.