# The Carers (Services) and Direct Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Carers and Direct Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 imposes a duty on authorities to assess the needs of carers in certain circumstances, and gives authorities the power to then offer services to carers to support them in their caring role. It further enables authorities to make direct payments to carers in lieu of the carers services they have been assessed as needing.
Under section 2 of the Act, a service provided to a carer may be delivered to the person cared for with his agreement. A service so delivered may not include anything of an intimate nature, except in prescribed circumstances. These regulations provide for what is of an intimate nature (regulation 2(1)). They further prescribe the circumstances in which a service of an intimate nature may be delivered to the person cared for (regulation 2(2)).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/226/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/carers-services-and-direct-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/note
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