# The Special Educational Needs (Direct Payments) (Pilot Scheme) Order 2011, Paragraph 17: Stopping making direct payments


The local authority must stop making direct payments if—
(a) any consent required under paragraph 10 is withdrawn;
(b) the person receiving the direct payments ceases to be a person to whom direct payments may be made in accordance with paragraphs 6 to 8;
(c) where the person receiving the direct payments is a nominee or a representative, and the nominee or representative no longer meets all of the conditions set out in paragraph 7 or, as the case may be, paragraph 8;
(d) following a review under paragraph 15, it appears to the local authority that the person receiving the direct payments is not using the direct payments to secure the agreed provision;
(e) following a review under paragraph 15, it appears to the local authority that the agreed provision can no longer be secured by means of direct payments;
(f) at any point the local authority becomes aware that the making of direct payments in respect of a beneficiary is—
(i) having an adverse impact on other services which the local authority provides or arranges for children and young people in its area for whom it maintains a statement of special educational needs under section 324 of the 1996 Act or who are subject to a learning difficulty assessment arranged under section 139A of the 2000 Act; or
(ii) no longer consistent with the authority’s efficient use of its resources.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111517741/schedule/1/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-special-educational-needs-direct-payments-pilot-scheme-order-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-17
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