Introductory Text
1.Title, commencement, application and interpretation
2.Duty to make direct payments
3.Effect of making payments
4.Steps to enable informed choices about direct payments
5.Duty to consult and take other steps for persons without capacity
6.Conditions about using direct payments to pay relatives
7.Conditions requiring vetting
8.Further conditions which a local authority may apply to the making of direct payments
9.Net payments or gross payments
10.Repayment of direct payments
11.Reviews
12.Direct payments for a child
13.Direct payments for an adult who no longer has capacity
14.Persons subject to requirements imposed in relation to drug or alcohol use
15.Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983
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SCHEDULE
Adults whose needs the local authority may meet by making direct payments subject to certain conditions
Explanatory Note