# The Special Educational Needs (Direct Payments) (Pilot Scheme) Order 2011, Paragraph 6: Persons to whom direct payments may be made


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111517741/schedule/1/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-special-educational-needs-direct-payments-pilot-scheme-order-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-6
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