Persons subject to requirements imposed in relation to drug or alcohol use14.
(1)
This regulation applies to persons listed in the Schedule.
(2)
A local authority may make a direct payment to a person to whom this regulation applies but only if it attaches conditions in the terms set out in paragraph (3) and the further condition in paragraph (4) is met.
(3)
The conditions which must be attached are—
(a)
that A agrees and remains in agreement that the payments are made to a person (“B”) to manage on A’s behalf; and
(b)
that B agrees and remains in agreement to receive the payments and to manage the payments to meet A’s needs for care and support.
(4)
The further condition is that the local authority is satisfied that B is an appropriate person to receive and manage payments on A’s behalf.