# The Community Care (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2003, Regulation 4: Persons from whom services may not be secured by means of a direct payment


The following descriptions of persons are specified for the purposes of subsection (3) of section 12B (persons from whom services may not be secured by means of a direct payment) of the Act:–
(a) the spouse of the beneficiary;
(b) a person who lives with the beneficiary–
(i) as man and wife; or
(ii) in a relationship which has the characteristics of the relationship between man and wife except that the person and beneficiary are of the same sex;
(c) a person living in the same household as the beneficiary who is the beneficiary's–
(i) parent or parent in law;
(ii) son or daughter;
(iii) son in law or daughter in law;
(iv) stepson or stepdaughter;
(v) brother or sister;
(vi) aunt or uncle; or
(vii) grandparent;
(d) the spouse of any person of a description specified in paragraph (c) who lives in the same household as the beneficiary; and
(e) a person who lives with any person of a description specified in paragraph (c)–
(i) as man and wife; or
(ii) in a relationship which has the characteristics of the relationship between man and wife except that they are of the same sex.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/243/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-direct-payments-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-4
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