{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-charging-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-charging-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1843",
  "legislation_title": "The Care and Support (Charging) (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-charging-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Persons who may not be required to make a contribution or reimbursement",
  "text": "(1) A local authority may not require a contribution or impose a condition for reimbursement in relation to B where B—\n(a) is suffering from any form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease where that disease has been clinically diagnosed by a registered medical practitioner; or\n(b) has been offered or is receiving a service provided as part of a package of after care services in accordance with section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (after care).\n(2) A local authority may not require a contribution or impose a condition for reimbursement in relation to a person whose needs for care and support a local authority is meeting in accordance with a duty or a power conferred by the Direct Payments Regulations by virtue of section 51 of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See footnote (1) to regulation 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1843/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:30.955505+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}