{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-eligibility-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-eligibility-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1578",
  "legislation_title": "The Care and Support (Eligibility) (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-eligibility-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Needs which meet the eligibility criteria – adults with needs for care and support",
  "text": "The need of an adult referred to in regulation 2(1) meets the eligibility criteria if—\n(a) the need arises from the adult’s physical or mental ill-health, age, disability, dependence on alcohol or drugs, or other similar circumstances;\n(b) the need relates to one or more of the following—\n(i) ability to carry out self-care or domestic routines;\n(ii) ability to communicate;\n(iii) protection from abuse or neglect;\n(iv) involvement in work, education, learning or in leisure activities;\n(v) maintenance or development of family or other significant personal relationships;\n(vi) development and maintenance of social relationships and involvement in the community; or\n(vii) fulfilment of caring responsibilities for a child;\n(c) the need is such that the adult is not able to meet that need, either—\n(i) alone;\n(ii) with the care and support of others who are willing to provide that care and support; or\n(iii) with the assistance of services in the community to which the adult has access; and\n(d) the adult is unlikely to achieve one or more of the adult’s personal outcomes unless—\n(i) the local authority provides or arranges care and support to meet the need; or\n(ii) the local authority enables the need to be met by making direct payments.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“Care and support” is partially defined in section 4 of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulations under sections 50 to 53 of the Act may require or allow a local authority to make payments to a person towards the cost of meeting their needs. Such payments are referred to in the Act as “direct payments”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1578/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:33:33.486189+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."
}