{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-direct-payments-regulations-2013/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-direct-payments-regulations-2013/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1617",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Direct Payments) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-direct-payments-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Nominated person",
  "text": "(1) The following persons may nominate another person (a “nominee”) to receive a direct payment on a patient’s behalf—\n(a) a patient with capacity to consent to the making of a direct payment who is not a child;\n(b) the representative of a patient; or\n(c) in a case where regulation 5(7) applies (lack of capacity to consent to the making of a direct payment), a health body.\n(2) If a patient who lacks capacity to consent to the making of a direct payment to them has indicated in advance of losing capacity a wish to have another person nominated to receive direct payments on the patient’s behalf, that other person shall be a nominee.\n(3) A nominee to whom a direct payment is made in respect of a patient must—\n(a) be responsible as a principal for all contractual arrangements entered into for the benefit of the patient and secured by means of the direct payment;\n(b) use the direct payment in accordance with the care plan; and\n(c) comply with the relevant provisions of these Regulations.\n(4) Before making a direct payment to a nominee—\n(a) the nominee must agree to receive the direct payment in respect of the patient; and\n(b) a health body must agree to the making of the direct payment to the nominee.\n(5) If the person who has nominated a nominee pursuant to paragraph (1) notifies a health body in writing that they wish to withdraw or change the nomination, the health body must consider whether to—\n(a) stop making the direct payments; and\n(b) as soon as reasonably possible review the making of the direct payments in accordance with regulation 14.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 1.8.2013, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1617/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:49:14.753528+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."
}