Request for a personal budget including direct payments
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4.—(1) A child’s parent or a young person may make a request to a local authority for a personal budget, including a request for direct payments, at any time during the period in which—
(a)the draft EHC plan is being prepared in accordance with section 38 of the 2014 Act; or
(b)the EHC plan is being reviewed or re-assessed under section 44 of the 2014 Act.
(2) Where a request for direct payments has been made, a local authority must consider that request.