Regulation 2 Persons from whom services may not be secured by means of a direct payment

(1)

In the case of a direct payment being made to a person falling within section 17A(2)(a) of the Act, the following persons are of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 17A(3) of the Act—

(a)

the spouse of the payee;

(b)

a person who lives with the payee as the payee’s spouse;

(c)

a person living in the same household as the payee who is the payee'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 specified in sub-paragraph (c) who lives in the same household as the payee; and

(e)

a person who lives with any person specified in sub-paragraph (c) as that person’s spouse.

(2)

In the case of a direct payment being made to a person falling within section 17A(2)(b) of the Act, the following persons are of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 17A(3) of the Act—

(a)