{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-direct-payments-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-direct-payments-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1815",
  "legislation_title": "The Care and Support (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-direct-payments-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983",
  "text": "(1) Where a local authority is under a duty to provide after-care services for a person under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the conditions in sections 50, 51 and 52 of the Act (as modified by Schedule A1) are met, then it must make direct payments to discharge its duty.\n(2) These Regulations apply to direct payments made in discharge of a local authority’s duty under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 with the following modifications.\n(3) References in this regulation to “after-care” (“ôl-ofal”) or “after-care services” (“gwasanaethau ôl-ofal”) are to be construed in accordance with section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983.\n(4) In regulation 3 remove the words “meet the needs, or that aspect of the needs” and substitute “discharge its duty under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or that aspect of the duty”.\n(5) (a) In regulation 4(1)(a) remove the words “meet the needs of A for care and support,” and substitute “provide after-care services under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983”;\n(b) in regulation 4(1)(b) remove the words “meeting A’s needs” and substitute “discharging its duty under section 117 of Mental Health Act 1983”;\n(c) in regulation 4(2)(a) remove the words “meet those needs” and substitute “discharge its duty”; and\n(d) omit regulation 4(2)(g).\n(6) In regulation 5 remove the words “meeting the needs of” and substitute “discharging its duty towards”.\n(7) In regulation 6(2)(a) remove the words “care and support” and substitute “after-care”.\n(8) In regulation 7(2)(a) remove the word “care and support” and substitute “after-care services”.\n(9) (a) In regulation 8(2)(a) remove the words “needs in respect of which payment is being made may not be met” and substitute “after-care services in respect of which payments are made may not be provided”;\n(b) in regulation 8(2)(b) remove the words “meeting A’s needs” and substitute “discharging its duty towards A”; and\n(c) in regulation 8(3) remove “A’s needs can only be met” and substitute “after-care services may only be provided”.\n(10) Omit regulation 9.\n(11) In regulation 10(a) remove the words “meet the need” and substitute “provide the after-care service”.\n(12) (a) In regulation 11(1)(c)(i) remove the words “meeting the needs of” and substitute “discharging its duty towards”;\n(b) in regulation 11(3)(d)(ii) remove the words “care and support” and substitute “after-care”.\n(13) Omit regulation 12.\n(14) In regulation 14(3)(b) remove the words “meet A’s needs for care and support” and substitute “provide after-care services for A”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 20."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1815/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:39.543599+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."
}