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Paragraph 6 Persons to whom direct payments may be made

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(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a local authority may make direct payments to a person who is either—

(a)

the parent of a beneficiary, where the beneficiary has not yet attained the age of 16; or

(b)

the beneficiary, where the beneficiary has attained the age of 16.

(2)

Direct payments may only be made to a person falling within sub-paragraph (1) if the person—

(a)

appears to the local authority to be capable of managing direct payments without assistance or with such assistance as may be available to them;

(b)

has attained the age of 16;

(c)

has capacity to consent to the making of direct payments to them; and

(d)

is not a person described in Part 4.