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Explanatory note

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This Order amends the Special Educational Needs (Direct Payments) (Pilot Scheme) Order 2012 (“the 2012 Order”).

Article 2 of the Order extends the pilot scheme made under the 2012 Order to allow the local authorities named in Schedule 2 to the 2012 Order to continue to make direct payments in accordance with the pilot scheme until 30th September 2015. It also amends the Order so that with effect from 1st September 2014 the duty on the local authority to consider any new requests for direct payments or provide advice and information about direct payments is removed.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the public, private, or voluntary sectors is foreseen.