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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-direct-payments-regulations-2014/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2871",
  "legislation_title": "The Care and Support (Direct Payments) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-direct-payments-regulations-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Care, England\nMade 20th October 2014\nLaid before Parliament 31st October 2014\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 33(1) and (2), 75(7), and 125(7) and (8) of the Care Act 2014.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (1.4.2015) by The Care and Support (Children’s Carers) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/305), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2014 c.23. The powers to make regulations are exercisable by the Secretary of State, see section 125(1). Section 75(7) of the Act provides that a local authority may discharge its duty under section 117 (after care) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c.20) by making direct payments and that section of, and paragraph 1(10) of Schedule 4 to, the Act modify section 33(2) accordingly."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2871/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:58:20.410964+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."
}