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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-services-for-carers-and-childrens-services-direct-payments-wales-amendment-regulations-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2006/2840",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (Wales) Amendment Regulations 2006",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”).\nRegulation 3 of the 2004 Regulations is amended by regulation 2 of these Regulations to provide that all persons for whom Welsh local authorities have decided to provide community care services are prescribed persons for the purposes of the 2004 Regulations.\nRegulation 5 of the 2004 Regulations is also amended by regulation 2 of these Regulations with the effect that direct payments must be made by local authorities, instead of the direct provision of services, to all persons prescribed under regulation 3 if such persons have consented to such payments and are not otherwise excluded from receiving them under the 2004 Regulations.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/2840/note",
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  "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."
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