# The National Health Service (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 1: Title and coming into force


(1) The title of these Regulations is the National Health Service (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2026.
(2) The following provisions of these Regulations come into force on 1 April 2026—
(a) regulation 2(1) in so far as it defines “child”, and
(b) subject to paragraph (3), the remaining provisions of these Regulations (including the remainder of regulation 2).
(3) The following provisions of these Regulations come into force on 1 October 2027—
(a) regulation 4 (direct payments in respect of a child), and
(b) any other provision of these Regulations in so far as it relates to a child.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/104/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-direct-payments-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-1
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