Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 1887

Social Services, England

The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009

Made

13th July 2009

Laid before Parliament

20th July 2009

Coming into force

9th November 2009

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 57(1), (1A), (3), (5B), (5C), (6) and (7) and 64(6) and (8) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001(1) and sections 17A(1), (3) and (4) and 104(4) of the Children Act 1989(2).

(1)

2001 c.15; section 57 was amended by section 146 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14) (“the 2008 Act”). Sections 57(1A), (5B) and (5C) were inserted by section 146(2) and (6) of that Act. See section 57(8) for the definition of “prescribed” and section 66 for the definitions of “regulations” and “the relevant authority”. See section 170(1) for the commencement of the amended powers to make these Regulations.

(2)

1989 c.41; section 17A was substituted by section 58 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (“the 2001 Act”). Section 17A was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c.23) (“the CYPA”). Section 104 was amended by paragraph 25 of Schedule 3 and by Schedule 4 to the CYPA. See section 17A(6) for the definition of “prescribed” and section 30A (as inserted by paragraph 22 of Schedule 3 to the CYPA) for the definition of “appropriate national authority”.