{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-direct-payments-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-direct-payments-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Conditions about using direct payments to pay relatives",
  "text": "(1) A local authority may authorise the use of direct payments to pay a relative of A who is living in the same household if it considers that it is necessary to promote the well-being of A.\n(2) Payments may be authorised to pay the relative either—\n(a) for provision of care and support to A; or\n(b) for help to A in managing the payments.\n(3) In considering whether it is necessary to promote the well-being of A in accordance with paragraph (1) a local authority must take into account the views of A and the other persons mentioned in regulation 11(3).\n(4) Where a local authority does not consider that it is necessary to promote A’s well-being, it must impose a condition that direct payments are not to be used to pay a relative of A who is living in the same household.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1815/regulation/6",
    "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."
}