{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-direct-payments-amendment-regulations-2013/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-direct-payments-amendment-regulations-2013/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2354",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Direct Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-direct-payments-amendment-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 7 of the Direct Payments Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 7 (decision to make a direct payment), after paragraph (10), add the following paragraphs—\n“(11) Where a health body decides under paragraph (10) not to make a direct payment, a patient, representative or nominee may require the health body to re-consider the decision, and may provide evidence or relevant information for the health body to consider as part of that deliberation.\n(12) A health body must inform the patient and any representative or nominee in writing of the decision on a re-consideration, and state the reasons for the decision.\n(13) A health body may not be required to undertake more than one re-consideration following a decision under paragraph (10) in any six month period.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2354/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:40:58.576117+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."
}