Part III Local Authority Support for Children and Families

Provision of services for children and their families

F117B Vouchers for persons with parental responsibility for disabled children.

(1)

The F2appropriate national authority may by regulations make provision for the issue by a local authority of vouchers to a person with parental responsibility for a disabled child.

(2)

“ Voucher ” means a document whereby, if the local authority agrees with the person with parental responsibility that it would help him care for the child if the person with parental responsibility had a break from caring, that person may secure the temporary provision of services for the child under section 17.

(3)

The regulations may, in particular, provide—

(a)

for the value of a voucher to be expressed in terms of money, or of the delivery of a service for a period of time, or both;

(b)

for the person who supplies a service against a voucher, or for the arrangement under which it is supplied, to be approved by the local authority;

(c)

for a maximum period during which a service (or a service of a prescribed description) can be provided against a voucher.