{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-eligibility-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-eligibility-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Needs which meet the eligibility criteria - carers with needs for support",
  "text": "The need of a carer referred to in regulation 2(3) meets the eligibility criteria if—\n(a) the need arises as a result of providing care for either—\n(i) an adult who has needs which fall within Regulation 3 (a) and (b), or\n(ii) a disabled child;\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) in the case of an adult carer, fulfilment of caring responsibilities for a child;\n(viii) in the case of a child carer, achieving developmental goals;\n(c) the carer cannot meet the need whether—\n(i) alone;\n(ii) with the support of others who are willing to provide that support; or\n(iii) with the assistance of services in the community to which the carer has access; and\n(d) the carer is unlikely to achieve one or more of their personal outcomes unless—\n(i) the local authority provides or arranges support to the carer to meet the carer’s need;\n(ii) the local authority provides or arranges care and support to the person for whom the carer provides care, in order to meet the carer’s need; or\n(iii) the local authority enables the need to be met by making direct payments.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1578/regulation/5",
    "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."
}