# The Care and Support (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2015, Regulation 12: Direct payments for a child

Extent: E+W

(1) Where A is a child and a local authority makes direct payments under section 51 of the Act towards the cost of meeting that child’s care and support needs, if the condition in paragraph (2) is met then the local authority must meet the requirements of paragraph (3).
(2) The condition in this paragraph is that either A or P are in receipt of—
(a) income support under Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
(b) any element of child tax credit other than the family element;
(c) working tax credit;
(d) income-based jobseeker’s allowance;
(e) income-related employment and support allowance; or
(f) universal credit.
(3) The requirements in this paragraph are that the local authority—
(a) must make the payments at the rate which it estimates to be the reasonable cost of provision to meet the care and support needs in respect of which the payments are made; and
(b) must not make the payments subject to any condition requiring either the child A or, the recipient of the payment P, to pay any amount to the authority by way of reimbursement.
(4) In this regulation—
(a) “child tax credit” (“credyd treth plant”) is construed in accordance with section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 and “family element” (“elfen deuluol”) has the same meaning as in section 9(3) of that Act;
(b) “working tax credit” (“credyd treth gwaith”) is construed in accordance with sections 10 to 12 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;
(c) “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” (“lwfans ceisio gwaith yn seiliedig ar incwm”) has the meaning given in section 1(4) of the Jobseeker’s Act 1995;
(d) “income-related employment and support allowance” (“lwfans cyflogaeth a chymorth yn seiliedig ar incwm”) means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance);
(e) “universal credit” (“credyd cynhwysol”) is construed in accordance with Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1815/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-direct-payments-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-12
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