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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-special-educational-needs-personal-budgets-regulations-2014/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111114056",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Educational Needs (Personal Budgets) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-special-educational-needs-personal-budgets-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "The amount of direct payments",
  "text": "(1) The local authority must ensure that the amount of direct payments is sufficient to secure the agreed provision.\n(2) The local authority may increase or reduce the amount of direct payments provided that the authority is satisfied that the new amount is sufficient to secure the agreed provision.\n(3) The local authority may reduce the amount of direct payments where—\n(a) payments remain unused; and\n(b) the local authority considers that it is reasonable to offset unused direct payments against the outstanding amount to be paid.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111114056/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:13:18.588557+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}