Regulation 3 Patients to whom direct payments may be made
(1)
The Welsh Ministers may make direct payments to a patient—
(a)
who is not an excluded person, and
(b)
who consents to the making of direct payments to them.
(2)
In determining whether direct payments should be made to a patient falling within paragraph (1), the Welsh Ministers must have regard to—
(a)
whether direct payments are appropriate for a patient with that patient’s condition,
(b)
the impact of that condition on that patient’s life, and
(c)
whether direct payments represent value for money.
(3)
Direct payments may only be made to a patient falling with paragraph (1) if the patient—
(a)
is aged 16 or over, and
(b)
has capacity to consent to the making of direct payments to them.