SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Cross-border placements
Direct payments
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1
Regulations may provide for this Schedule to apply, with such modifications as may be specified, to a case where accommodation in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland is provided for an adult by means of direct payments made by an authority in another of the territories.
2
The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to direct payments accordingly includes a reference to direct payments made—
a
under section 50 or 52 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014,
b
as a result of a choice made by the adult pursuant to section 5 of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013, or
c
by virtue of section 8 of the Carers and Direct Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.