# The Special Educational Needs (Direct Payments) (Pilot Scheme) Order 2011, Paragraph 10: Requirement to reach agreement about direct payments and obtain consent


(1) Before making direct payments, a local authority must—
(a) agree with the person to whom the direct payments are to be made the qualifying goods and services or that part of those goods and services which are to be secured by means of direct payments; and
(b) obtain the consent in writing of the person to whom the direct payments are to be made; and
(c) in a case where a nominee is to receive the direct payments on behalf of the parent or beneficiary, the agreement and the consent in writing of the parent or the beneficiary, as the case may be.
(2) The consent referred to in paragraph (1) must specify—
(a) the name of the beneficiary in respect of whom the directs payments are to be made;
(b) the agreed provision; and
(c) the amount of the direct payments and whether to be paid in a lump sum and if so the date of payment of the lump sum or by instalments and if so the intervals at which the instalments are to be paid.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111517741/schedule/1/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-special-educational-needs-direct-payments-pilot-scheme-order-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-10
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