# The Care and Support (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2015, Regulation 1: Title, commencement, application and interpretation

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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Care and Support (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2015.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 6 April 2016.
(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
(4) In these Regulations—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;
“A” (“A”) is used to refer to a person whose care and support needs or support needs are being or will be met by making direct payments;
“P” (“P”) is used to refer to a person who is, or who it is proposed, will be a recipient of direct payments and who is a “suitable person” for the purposes of section 50(4) of the Act or a person with parental responsibility for A to whom direct payments may be made for the benefit of A under section 51 of the Act;
“direct payment” (“taliad uniongyrchol”) is defined in sections 50(7), 51(7) and 52(7) of the Act;
“relative” (“perthynas”) means—
(a) a spouse or civil partner;
(b) a person who lives with a person as if a spouse or civil partner;
(c) parent, parent-in-law or step-parent,
(d) son or daughter;
(e) son-in-law or daughter-in-law;
(f) stepson or stepdaughter;
(g) brother or sister;
(h) aunt or uncle;
(i) grandparent; or
(j) the spouse or civil partner of any person specified in sub-paragraphs (c) to (i).
(5) In these Regulations references to a person’s needs “for care and support” are to be read as a person’s “needs for support” where the person is a carer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1815/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-direct-payments-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-1
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