# The National Health Service (Direct Payments) Regulations 2013, Regulation 3: Persons to whom a direct payment may be made

Extent: E+W

(1) A direct payment may be made to a person who—
(a) is a person for whose benefit anything may or must be provided or arranged by a health body—
(i) under the 2006 Act, or
(ii) in the case of an integrated care board or NHS England, under any other enactment; and
(b) consents to the making of a direct payment to them.
(2) In determining whether a direct payment should be made to a person falling within paragraph (1), a health body must have regard to—
(a) whether it is appropriate for a person with that person’s condition;
(b) the impact of that condition on that person’s life; and
(c) whether a direct payment represents value for money.
(3) A direct payment may only be made to a person falling within paragraph (1) if the person—
(a) is aged 16 or over;
(b) has capacity to consent to the making of a direct payment to them; and
(c) is not a person described in the Schedule (persons excluded from direct payments).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1617/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-direct-payments-regulations-2013/regulation-3
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